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“Deconstructing Straw Bale Beds, and Preparing Our Garden For Spring.”

Straw bales, before and after tilling. Finally, we picked out the last of the tomatoes (most were green) and ripped up the straw bale raised beds! Once they were up and the bale strings were taken off, we tilled our whole garden section up! Hoping We Wouldn't Hit Any Unwanted Nests In The Bales: After… Continue reading “Deconstructing Straw Bale Beds, and Preparing Our Garden For Spring.”

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“First Year Garden Update: September 2021”

Our garden beds. What We Planted: Tomatoes plants Yellow Onions (bag of started, baby onions)Pickling Cucumbers (planted from seed)Garlic (cloves, not seeds)Carrots (planted from seed and starts)Lettuce (planted from starts, and seed)Spinach (planted from seed)Swiss Chard (planted from seed)Strawberry plantsBell Peppers plantsCayenne Pepper plantsJalapeno pepper plants What Thrived vs What Didn’t: Our lovely Tomatoes. Our tomatoes… Continue reading “First Year Garden Update: September 2021”