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Cover Crop Experiment: Tillage Radish
This week I planted an experimental bed of Tillage Radish. I have several beds with hard clay starting about eight to ten inches below the top soil. Instead of using the double dig method on these bigger beds, I’m trying … Continue reading
Saving Tomato Seeds
If you’ve been following the blog, you know how much we love tomatoes. I like to keep improving the tomatoes we grow. One good way to keep improving tomatoes in your garden from year to year–and save money as well–is to … Continue reading
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Tagged country, country life, country skills, farm, garden, homestead, save money, save seed, saving seeds, seeds, tomato, tomato secrets, tomato seed, tomatoes
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The Joys of a Bountiful Harvest
The kids are a big help in managing the garden and growing our own healthy food. The work can be tough and hot at times, but there are those simple rewards of learning diligence and responsibility—not to mention the joys … Continue reading
Nine Foot Tall Sweet Corn – Double Dug Bed
Besides the tomatoes I’m keeping watered during this drought, I am also watering this one four foot by twenty foot bed of sweet corn. The sweet corn is doing exceptionally well in this bed this year. Here’s what I did … Continue reading
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Tagged composting, corn, country, double dig, double digging, farm, garden, gardening, grass, growing, homestead, John Jeavons, land, mini-farm, plant, plant food, planting, soil, sweet corn, tiller, wide row
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Tomato Harvest: Thunder-and-Lightening recipe
It’s been a struggle keeping the garden alive in this drought this year. But if there is one thing we do, as my wife says, we must get the tomatoes! We’ve been watering the tomatoes once a week and they … Continue reading
Garden Update
It’s been a rough year for gardening this year in eastern Missouri. Like much of the Midwest, we’ve had very little ran and extreme heat, although this last week the temperatures have come down. The last time we had rain … Continue reading
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Tagged bush beans, cantaloupe, country, cucumber, cucumber trellis, drought, farm, garden plant, garden watering, gardening, graden, homestead, melon, tomato, tomato cage, tomato plants, tomato support, watering
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