A project that has brought a sense of “it’s working!” has been my clover yard. I was worried when I sowed all these clovers that the rain we were getting was going to wash it away but enough held on and has become quite flush. Some did get bunched together further down but it’ll sortContinue reading “clover beds”
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back garden update: *it’s happening!*
Plants are finally off the deck, out of their stifling pots and into their new homes. I feel very behind in planting things in mid-July, especially the majority of them being tomatoes, cucumbers and squash, but summer isn’t over. I know all my hard work will pay off next year when all I’ll have toContinue reading “back garden update: *it’s happening!*”
back yard update: kultur-ing some hugels
Despite the extreme hot weather we’ve been granted here in Maine and everywhere else (totes an outlier though), I’ve sort of finished the hardest portion of building these hugelkultur mounds. It’s been a relief and sign of progress now that I’ve got the beds filled with all the various cardboard, loose branches and spent soilContinue reading “back yard update: kultur-ing some hugels”