Ahhhh. A sigh of relief. Ran the hoses to the garden area and filled the wicking bed, then left it sit overnight. Still full of water the next day when I walked the dog, so I don’t have to dig…
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Category: 30 Min.
30 minutes per day in the garden – can I do it? Can I find and use enough time saving and labor saving “garden hacks” to be able to keep the garden tended, weed free, productive in only 30 minutes per day? We’ll find out!
Day 9
Just a quick post, continued covering the hugelkulture bed, now has 11 wheelbarrows full of soil covering it, just 6 more to go! Also covered it with some grass clippings and thatch. It’s looking awfully dry. Tomorrow I’ll need to…
Day 8 – Lasagna’s Assembled!
That was easy! Well, actually a lot of it was done last year. Since it has had about six months to cook, it’s actually ready to go, so it’s really “maintenance layers” from this point forward. A lasagna garden is…
Day 6 & 7… The Lasagna Bed
I was driving back from the transfer station with empty garbage cans and recycling bins, I passed by our favorite horse farm. It’s not our favorite because of the people (who are friendly), or the type of horses, (which are…
Day 5 – The Day of Rest?
Okay, so my calendar was off. It was a beautiful day, and tomorrow may rain, but I did get many other things accomplished, including getting some seeds locally. As a final post for now regarding preparing a hugelkultur bed, I…
30 Minutes – Day 4 Progress
Overcast, and when I went out it rained, but not enough to soak. Backed off on trying to cover the logs completely with the rotting stump-peat (?), and focusing on moving dirt. Four more wheel-barrows of dirt (only 17 to…
30 Minutes – Day 3 – RAIN
RAIN. “You can’t solve rain.” – So says Merlin Mann in his latest “Back to Work” segment. Incredible to listen to him resolve issues – he’s able to verbalize thought processes like nobody I know. But enough about that –…
30 Minutes, Day 2
Okay – I may have to bend the rules this weekend, weather permitting. The second day has brought industriousness and insight: 1/4 done, this bed is going to take approximately 21 more wheelbarrow loads of soil, 12 wheelbarrows full of…
30 minutes on the bed…
…the garden bed. Started the “Hugelkultur” bed, where you bury logs, brush and other woody debris with one foot of soil. The wood acts like a sponge and regulates the moisture, as well as providing nutrients from both the wood…
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