Once the bulk of the planting is done, and the heat of summer arrives, Ken starts mulching. Some years the weather is such that Ken focuses on planting green manures rather than mulch; most years he does a lot of both. With the season forecast as hot and dry Ken will focus more on mulch this year, He ALWAYS plants some green manures, but it is difficult to get green manures established in heat – …
I love strawberries. They are usually the first fruit after a long winter. And I don’t mind picking a limited quantity bent over or on my hands and knees. The Germans, I am told, call them ground berries – and for good reason. Finding strawberries grown without chemicals is challenging. They are usually one of the top crops listed on the Environmental Working Group’s Dirty Dozen crops with pesticide residue. Strawberries are …
Greetings from the Garden! This week’s CSA box has lettuce, salad greens, braising greens like kale or chard, green onions, asparagus, herbs, and snap peas. Field Notes. Ken is busy; that seems to be a common spring theme. He is wrapping up the full season plantings with sweet potatoes (they came late) and next season’s strawberry plants, and starting fall plantings of root crops like beets and carrots. In between rain he cultivates. And when …
