5 Cover Crops for Your Small-scale Garden
July 8, 2013Think cover crops are just for mega-farms? These five crops will return nutrients to your backyard garden’s soil and keep weeds at bay.
The Garden’s Planted—and Slugs Are Noshing
June 13, 2013I am thrilled to pieces that the vegetable garden is fully planted! I’ve been chiseling away at it for the past several weeks, and yesterday I finally hammered in the last of the tomato stakes.
Garden Versus Groundhog
May 2, 2013There is so much to do this time of year! I’ve been busy mulching all my beds and planting more spring crops. The first planting of radish and lettuce are already up, and I’ll probably have radish ready for harvest in another week or so—but I have a problem.
10 Beginning Gardener Mistakes to Avoid
August 6, 2012Don’t get caught up in one of these mistakes beginners most commonly make when planting their vegetable gardens.
Seeding Experiments
July 12, 2012I am experimenting this year with allowing my spring-planted lettuce and radish to develop and drop their own seeds.
Elmore Mountain Farm
November 8, 2011One Vermont couple turns a run-down farm into the love of their lives.
No Cover Crops, No Till
October 22, 2010Decision made. I am not going to plant a cover crop in the vegetable garden this year.
