Turtle Barn Farm

My husband and I went to visit Turtle Barn Farm yesterday.  Its a CSA garden or a “you-pick-it” garden, as the owner calls it.  Sue and Tom were more than generous.  They gave up almost 2 hours of a busy Saturday to give us a tour.  Later, over a cup of tea, they shared some [...]

I Made Dirt!

This morning I decided it was time to go out and do a little turning of the compost pile.  I have been neglecting it as of late other than throwing eggshells and scraps on it and walking away.  I think the design was flawed.  I made a fenced area of chicken wire and stakes and [...]

Lasagna Gardening

I actually had a little reading time this weekend so got all the way through the first chapter of Lasagna Gardening by Patricia Lanza.  I’ll never dig another garden.  Her method makes so much sense.  Start with a layer of wet newspaper and build up layers of peat moss, mulch, compost, whatever you have on [...]