Well, I'm getting the garden in order and while I was at it I figured I'd try to resurrect my blogging efforts from last year. I'm excited to expound on my garden thoughts and actions. We'll see how it goes...
Over the fall and winter I never expect much from the garden, but this year I decided to sew a few things that were 'winter-friendly' and see what happened. I planted some lettuce, spinach, broccoli, and green onions. Not much of it really took, except the lettuce, until the
week of rain we had just before Christmas last month. So today we had a taco salad using a head of butter lettuce.
Also, over the fall and winter I started a compost area in one end of the garden where I loosened up the soil over an area of about 3 feet in diameter and would just toss in veggie scraps, shredded junkmail and cereal boxes, etc. forming a compost 'pit'. Later, I started piling up the grass clippings in a compost 'pile'. Its worked very well and the pile and pit are full of earthworms and
Green Fruit Beetle grubs, which are breaking down the organic matter. I also started adding some of the compost material into the beds to get ready for this spring's planting.
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