Monthly Archives: July 2016

at the homestead, in the dirt

Hugelkultur and 3 Sisters

Posted on by annabel
25
Jul

A couple years ago we put a hugelkultur bed in our backyard and last year we added another one. Hugelkultur is a raised bed made of wooden branches, logs, rotted wood, grass clippings, leaves and other natural debris. We covered ours with soil and planted right in it. So far so good! We usually plant […]

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in the dirt, urban plot

Summer update at the plot

Posted on by annabel
23
Jul

It’s been a hot and dry summer so far. June registered about an inch of rain all month and July so far has about the same with the average temperature being in the low 80s. That has meant a lot of watering and shade cloth over our lettuce. The jury is still out on this […]

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