Monthly Archives: September 2014

at the homestead, urban plot

Butternut squash…from saved seeds

Posted on by annabel
29
Sep

Last year we saved some seeds from one of our butternut squashes and early in the season I planted them in tiny pots in the basement. Those 15 seeds turned into about 100 squash! So exciting to watch them grow through the season. And, right now, with this warm spell, they are continuing to flower […]

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Cover cropping – oats and peas, please!

Posted on by annabel
27
Sep

The new area in our backyard now has a nice cover crop mix of peas and oats. In late June we planted buckwheat, which matured through the season and was cut and tilled in during the month of August. After that Spink drilled in the mix of oats and peas, which will fix nitrogen, build […]

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