The first time I read the Mother Earth News article about Ruth Stout’s No-Dig Gardening, I said
“yesss! I love this woman. This is one of those lessons of a lifetime.”
Her technique has faced skepticism from all sides but to me, has always seemed to be a fantastic approach:
“mulch everything…and mulch some more.”
Her attitude of “this [...]
Tags: Flowers · Herbs · Organic Gardening Techniques · Vegetables
So you have some large and tight hosta plants just screaming to spread themselves far and wide?
Dig Them – Split Them – Transplant Them!
It doesn’t get any easier than this. Hostas seem delicate but their roots are very strong and can bounce back from poor treatment. I love to dig them up and split them [...]
Tags: Organic Gardening Techniques · Transplanting
Today was garlic planting day; Four rows, 3 inches apart, each garlic 3 inches apart. The bed had been prepped a few weeks ago with compost amendments and old mulch (from the tomatoes) mixed in to the soil. I set up two strings lengthwise to to the bed and marked with marker every 3 inches. [...]
