http://www.commonweeder.com/2009/03/04/preparing-a-first-garden/ Welcome to my country garden Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:21:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.commonweeder.com/2009/03/04/preparing-a-first-garden/#comment-5300 M. D. Vaden Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:23:53 +0000 http://www.commonweeder.com/?p=200#comment-5300 Currently, I support lasagna gardening more so with just mulch, and not with the cardboard if local recycling is available. When paper products are not recycled, it triggers more energy consumption, tree cutting and water use to make new product. Seriously. It was new news to me when I first started to research. Not long ago, I uploaded a new page about that modern twist on the practice. Depends on where the garden is located. No-till is a great option though in many cases. Currently, I support lasagna gardening more so with just mulch, and not with the cardboard if local recycling is available. When paper products are not recycled, it triggers more energy consumption, tree cutting and water use to make new product. Seriously. It was new news to me when I first started to research. Not long ago, I uploaded a new page about that modern twist on the practice. Depends on where the garden is located. No-till is a great option though in many cases.

]]> http://www.commonweeder.com/2009/03/04/preparing-a-first-garden/#comment-208 admin Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:54:02 +0000 http://www.commonweeder.com/?p=200#comment-208 Frances, I am so jealous that you can be working out in the veggie patch - even if things aren't quite thawed. Frances, I am so jealous that you can be working out in the veggie patch – even if things aren’t quite thawed.

]]> http://www.commonweeder.com/2009/03/04/preparing-a-first-garden/#comment-207 Frances Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:30:57 +0000 http://www.commonweeder.com/?p=200#comment-207 Hi Pat, what a good explanation of getting started. I have been working up in the veggie patch, waiting for the soil to thaw, setting up wire houses covered with frost cloth to place the seedlings in until the weather warms. Squirrels, cats and rabbits are constantly digging and fooling around up there. Chicken wire, metal and plastic with frost cloth over it is this year's defense mechanism. Oh to have a watch robot to shoo them away! HA Frances Hi Pat, what a good explanation of getting started. I have been working up in the veggie patch, waiting for the soil to thaw, setting up wire houses covered with frost cloth to place the seedlings in until the weather warms. Squirrels, cats and rabbits are constantly digging and fooling around up there. Chicken wire, metal and plastic with frost cloth over it is this year’s defense mechanism. Oh to have a watch robot to shoo them away! HA
Frances

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