Jumping back into the fall garden
Our staycation coincided
perfectly with a week of seemingly endless rain. Then, when Monday told
us to get back to work...the sun came out! The change in weather gave
everyone on our farm the gumption to jump back into outside tasks joyfully.
Mom asked what we're up
to now that our staycation is over. I've still got a few beds of garlic
and lettuce to plant this week, but mostly we're in renovation mode to
make sure that this year's garden weeds don't get away from us the way
they did last year. In fall 2014, the only straw we had on hand was seedy, so our mulch was worth than useless. This year, our straw is great and we've also got time to plant a rye cover crop
in bare beds. Just gotta get rid of the results of last year's laxness
before the ground becomes too cold for my tender fingers!
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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