Transformational Gardening
May 2010 Garden Experiences
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June 2010 Gardening Experiences)
May 24, 2010
I ordered a bunch of heirloom, organic seeds from
High Mowing Organic Seeds in Vermont. They should be here
by the end of the week, so I can plant this weekend!!! I was waiting
until I heard from the New England Wildflower Society to see if they
have seeds for New England-based vegetables are their garden stores.
They do not. Still, I'm very excited to get the garden going again!
May 27, 2010
Seeds are in! Hope I didn't order too much.
May 30, 2010
Well, I thoroughly screwed up the
Ruth Stout Gardening Method! It really is simple and all you have to do is
throw hay or straw down to keep the weeds from coming up. But I was in Florida
for all of April and then got gardening-lazy in May and focused almost solely on
May Foraging (as you can see from all of the activities). So, by the time I
got back to my garden the weeds had taken over! Being too lazy to dig it up or
buy and put down straw again, I had a kid rototill the 25 by 50 foot plot for $30.
The good news is that my organic heirloom seeds came in and I planted them all today.
Tomorrow I will plant organic seedlings in the area between the stakes (see picture)
that is currently unplanted. Then I will draw up this year's gardening key so I and
everyone else can see what I planted and where. Happy gardening!
May 31, 2010
The soil is much healthier this year. I can see earthworms crawling around in the
soil. I think the decomposition of the straw, vegetables and weeds may have helped
feed the soil.
Put in seedlings today and then surrounded the seedlings with year-old straw.
The straw was gooey from decomposition. Like last year, I think it will help
tremendously in retaining water so that I will not have to water the garden.
I am going to wait until the seeds sprout and vegetables get at least 3 inches
high before spreading straw around the rest of the garden.
There is about a 50 square foot area that is currently unplanted. I will bring in
some wild plants (oxeye daisy, yellow wood sorrel, etc.) and plant them there.
Well, I thoroughly screwed up the
Ruth Stout Gardening Method! It really is simple and all you have to do is
throw hay or straw down to keep the weeds from coming up. But I was in Florida
for all of April and then got gardening-lazy in May and focused almost solely on
May Foraging (as you can see from all of the activities). So, by the time I
got back to my garden the weeds had taken over! Being too lazy to dig it up or
buy and put down straw again, I had a kid rototill the 25 by 50 foot plot for $30.
The soil is much healthier this year. I can see earthworms crawling around in the
soil. I think the decomposition of the straw, vegetables and weeds may have helped
feed the soil.