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Harvest Monday May 9, 2016
Welcome to Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. My harvests are certainly pretty repetitive these days, but I’m not complaining. It’s my wife’s turn to cook, and I always give her a list of what’s ready in … Continue reading
Soil Testing Results and a Plan
Late last year I talked about my program to improve our garden soil here at Happy Acres. Based on spotty performance in certain areas, I was concerned the soil was losing fertility, and I needed to come up with an … Continue reading
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Tagged compost, fertilizer, mycorrhizae, organic gardening, soil testing
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Improving Our Soil
I’ve gone through a lot of different phases as a gardener. I started out being heavily influenced by the PBS television series Crockett’s Victory Garden. The host, James Crockett, was a huge fan of compost, and he called his three-bin … Continue reading
Impact Community Garden Gets Compost Bins
I’m just putting the finishing touches on some new compost bins at the Impact Community Garden. We decided we needed to do a better job of dealing with our garden waste, and I volunteered to make the composter. I made … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian greens, broccoli, collards, compost, composting, Impact community garden, kale, mizuna
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