A reader recently asked what she can do to prevent weeds in her vegetable garden. She’d finally convinced her husband to get involved, but she wanted to make sure he wouldn’t be deterred by anything as unpleasant as pulling weeds. Employing my best bedside manner, I suggested that the reader check her organic gardening contract. […]
I like to mulch with straw in our vegetable beds. It sets off the plants nicely and gives the garden a clean look. It does everything else a good mulch should do as well, retaining moisture in the soil and holding down weeds. Eventually straw just seems to melt into the soil, adding more organic […]
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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 […]
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