Manure Depot » Preparing for Planting

The No Till No Dig Way: Revisiting The Lasagna Garden Mound

Adina — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 02:50:17 +0000

The concept of this no dig bed is simple. You don’t till or disturb the soil below, and you create a mound that roughly approximates a balanced pile of stable scrapings. This is a great way to start quickly and these mounds feed the soil below as the growing season progresses attracting beneficial insects and microbes to your growing area, and you won’t have to fertilize the plants growing in these mounds.

Garden Amendments: Composted Cow Manure and The Commando Garden

Adina — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:40:43 +0000

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 Continue reading →

Synergistic Agriculture & The Evolving Garden(er)

Adina — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:48:12 +0000

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 Continue reading →

The Demise Of My Seminole Pumpkin Vine

Adina — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:47:03 +0000

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 Continue reading →