Hank Chinaski
New Member
Who here puts in a garden?
I've had around 8-9 small gardens in the last 11 years and plan on giving it a go again this year. I usually try different things and have pretty much refined my "lazy gardening" method to where I work hard putting it in and then don't work a lot to keep it up untill harvest time.
I'm a supporter of heavy mulch and usually mulch with around 8-12" of good clean hay and add mulch at least once during the season (cut grass etc).
This year, I'm going to do raised beds, with intensive gardening and heavy mulch. The raised beds will be spaced to mow between then and wide enough for 2-3 tiller widths inside.
I've worked very hard over the years to amend my soil naturally and organically, and have gone from a red sandstone and clay to a much nicer darker soil. I may have to add some when I go to the raised beds, and I really don't like doing it as you don't know what you're getting.
Here's some pics from a couple years ago:
and a small batch from one picking day:
I've had around 8-9 small gardens in the last 11 years and plan on giving it a go again this year. I usually try different things and have pretty much refined my "lazy gardening" method to where I work hard putting it in and then don't work a lot to keep it up untill harvest time.
I'm a supporter of heavy mulch and usually mulch with around 8-12" of good clean hay and add mulch at least once during the season (cut grass etc).
This year, I'm going to do raised beds, with intensive gardening and heavy mulch. The raised beds will be spaced to mow between then and wide enough for 2-3 tiller widths inside.
I've worked very hard over the years to amend my soil naturally and organically, and have gone from a red sandstone and clay to a much nicer darker soil. I may have to add some when I go to the raised beds, and I really don't like doing it as you don't know what you're getting.
Here's some pics from a couple years ago:


and a small batch from one picking day:

