Day 80 – When a Wicking Bed Goes Bad
It appears there is a leak in the plastic under the wicking bed. Within hours of filling it (twice), the reservoir is empty. The potatoes at the end appear to be missing the water, too – they are...
View ArticleDay 85 – Lasagna Bed Takes the Lead
After a weekend away, the lasagna bed pulled ahead in the race for the most produce, with the hugelkultur bed surpassing the box bed by a little less than an ounce. Bringing up the rear is the leaky...
View ArticleDay 88 – Patty Pan Push Lasagna Bed Further Ahead
A couple of more pattypan squash have pushed the lasagna bed even further ahead, at almost 2.5 pounds (1.13kg) total yield from this gardening technique. I remember over fourty years ago getting ready...
View ArticleDay 99 – Numbers skewed but the trends continue to favor the Lasagna garden bed
Took a week away last week, and it seems technology took a holiday as well in many forms. First I lost (then later found) my flash drive. Then my MP3 player decided it had enough (Sansa Clip that was...
View ArticleDay 107 – Spills and a Squashed Patty Pan Plant
Managed to trip and land on one of my squash plants in the Hugelkultur bed, attempting to get at some of the tomatoes that have been almost completely covered by the amazingly large leaves of the patty...
View ArticleDay 116 Bush Beans and Snow Peas Experiments End
It’s been a great summer for gardening, and I wish I had kept up on the 30 minutes/day challenge, but we still have been eating well from the garden and will continue to do so. The bush beans...
View Article2011 Garden Layout in Review
Now that we’re in February and the catalogs are coming in at least once every couple of weeks, I am getting back to this site, and planning the new garden. First, though, a review of last year’s...
View ArticleGardenhacker Garden Plan for 2012
The plan this year is less experiments, more volume. The hugelkultur bed did well last year, as did the lasagna (sheet composting) beds, with mixed results in the box beds and the failure of the...
View ArticleDon’t Ask, Don’t Till
Life as a worm You’ve found a great place to live: plenty of rotting vegetation, roots that have expired, leaving nodules of nitrogen and plenty of other edible goodies, including fungi and an...
View ArticleThe Joys of a 4 Year Old Bed and a Potato Production Hack
We’ll get to my four year old bed in a minute. My potatoes are beginning to grow in their “barrels” – hoops would be more appropriate. They are three 1/3 plastic barrels cut from a leaky 50 gallon...
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