There are many ways of growing vegetables; in fields, beds, trenches, flooded areas, sunken beds, rows, vertically, square foot beds, grow bags boxes and pots, even in nutrient rich water. In our area people generally rotivate their land each spring and plant the vegetable gardens out in rows like a mini version of field cultivation. [...]
Wood-ashes in the garden
Woodash is a useful and natural soil enhancer because it contains the mineral Potash, in a water soluble form, which many plants need in order to produce good roots, flowers and fruits. The remains of our burn pile from the winter pruning and forest maintenance, as well as the ashes from our wood burning stove, [...]
Making Organic Liquid Feeds
You can buy liquid feeds but why not make your own, it is free and you know it is organic. Here are a few recipes and tips for making liquid feeds with weeds and other bi-products. Liquid Manure or Black Jack I found this recipe for black jack in Joy Larkom’s excellent book Grow Your Own [...]
Mulching
Mulching is a simple technique of covering bare soil to; protect it from erosion and compression and to suppress weeds and retain moisture. Soil can be mulched with hard materials such as plastics or stone but better still are materials that are degradable because they also add nutrients, humus and improve the condition of the [...]
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