i can never quite remember or believe that greens just don't do so well in the spring...the fall, ahhhhh
but spring,,,just not so well....
here we have a bed of squashy things, a bed of greens and parsley, bed of peppers and then a bed of collards and one of flowers that attract butterflies =)
next photo are carrots, potatoes, turnips and garlic and onions
the 3rd photo is the bee attractor bed
and then the fourth is my experient
the soil down here is AWFUL
i have not seen anything quite like it...more like cement than actual soil...
mike (beckie's husband) hauled in some muuuch better soil from a compost pile of theirs for the beds..
but the back half of the garden was just like a parking lot...
so i thought if we covered it with rotten hay, it would not only help to hold moisture in (they are not on a well!) but would help the sun and rain to not seal and bake the ground so much...
josh plowed it with the tractor...a bit...it just wouldn't budge more than about 4 inches...
and then we hauled in rotten hay...and are in the process of covering it!
in the rain today, the kids and i planted, okra, corn, cantalopes, some more beans and crazy long gourds =)
it was sooo lovely and the earth smelled wonderful with the wet rain on it
but spring,,,just not so well....
here we have a bed of squashy things, a bed of greens and parsley, bed of peppers and then a bed of collards and one of flowers that attract butterflies =)
next photo are carrots, potatoes, turnips and garlic and onions
the 3rd photo is the bee attractor bed
and then the fourth is my experient
the soil down here is AWFUL
i have not seen anything quite like it...more like cement than actual soil...
mike (beckie's husband) hauled in some muuuch better soil from a compost pile of theirs for the beds..
but the back half of the garden was just like a parking lot...
so i thought if we covered it with rotten hay, it would not only help to hold moisture in (they are not on a well!) but would help the sun and rain to not seal and bake the ground so much...
josh plowed it with the tractor...a bit...it just wouldn't budge more than about 4 inches...
and then we hauled in rotten hay...and are in the process of covering it!
in the rain today, the kids and i planted, okra, corn, cantalopes, some more beans and crazy long gourds =)
it was sooo lovely and the earth smelled wonderful with the wet rain on it
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