Garden Amendments: Composted Cow Manure and The Commando Garden

Posted by Adina Composted Cow Manure is an excellent garden amendment. In the garden we focus on the soil a great deal. We work to make great compost, and if it goes in your garden the way it goes in mine you will run out of your home made compost before your compost needs are met. Composted Cow [...]

Tags: composted cow manure, Composting, No Dig Garden, Preparing for Planting

Synergistic Agriculture & The Evolving Garden(er)

Posted by Adina I intended to write about what I am doing this summer to prepare my no dig garden boxes for the winter growing season, but this blog has taken it’s own direction instead. Today I write about Synergistic Agriculture and my evolving garden practices. This summer I have been growing in gardens I would have left fallow [...]

Tags: Lasagna Garden, No Dig Garden, No Till Gardening, Preparing for Planting, South Florida Vegetable Gardens

The Demise Of My Seminole Pumpkin Vine

Posted by Adina I killed the Seminole Pumpkin vine. It had taken over three 50 sq. ft. sections of my garden and ran around the fence blocking five sections and two out of three gates. It was cathartic to get that thing out of my garden. I am working quickly now to prepare those sections for replanting. I [...]

Tags: Compost, Nematodes, No Till Gardening, Preparing for Planting, Seminole Pumpkin