Creating a New Garden Bed with Milpa
Grow Food, Not Lawns. To create new garden beds from grass, I use a broadfork to turn over the sod, add compost, and then sow Milpa.
Gardening
Your Companion Planting Guide to Deter Pests and Thrive
Which crops you choose to plant next to each other makes a difference. The right choice can provide nitrogen, deter pests, improve flavor, and provide shade or protection. Choosing the wrong plants can stunt your hard work in the garden. Companion planting examples such as the 3 sisters – corn, beans, and squash. The beans … Read more
Interplanting Perennials with Annuals in the Garden
It is still March. The last frost in NE Kansas is still over a month away. It is encouraging to see the perennials – walking onions, bloody dock sorrel, and plantain already prominent and harvestable in modest amounts. I plucked some Narrow Leaf plantain (perennial) and some mustard that overwintered and fed them to my … Read more
I Have Never Done a Soil Test in My Garden
Soil Health is the Foundation of Your Garden Take a shovel and turn over the dirt in the area that you are planning on doing in-ground garden beds. You will probably see a mixture of different types of soil, some sand. If you dig up some worms in that shovel of dirt you are lucky. … Read more
