I’ve never been one to run my compost through a seive. I know some people like to remove all the little sticks and clumps. But I never saw the need. Everything in my compost pile (well, almost) is organic. So I figure it will break down in the garden eventually. Why bother to pretty it […]
Tags:compost·seed starting
As one of our blogging pals recently remarked, how hard can it be to plant a row of beans? Well, we don’t plant in rows in our kitchen garden here in the District of Columbia, about a mile from the White House. We plant in big squares. But the principle is the same. And we’ve […]
Tags:compost·green beans·planting
As part of his annual crop rotation scheme, Leigh Hauter over the years had planted garlic just about everywhere he could on his farm except for this strip of land on the slope just below his greenhouse. The previous owners of Bull Run Farm had not done much in the way of erosion control. “There […]
Tags:compost·CSA·garlic·local farming·mulch
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