Low Cost Vegetable Garden

Hello to any readers here. I moved houses a few months ago and can't do a backyard garden blog anymore. However, my church bought a f...

The roses in the hugel pots are doing great. Much better than last year before I changed them. The leaves all stay very green now and the ...

Anyone who has tried sheet composting knows that it increases worm population greatly. This spring I was digging and preparing the garden ...

Here's a quick comparison of fava beans growing in a hugelkultur bed.  The beans were planted in November, a...

Here's an idea for using hugelkultur in sandy soil. Ideally for sandy soil you'd want lots of rotten wood dug in for water retentio...

My 3 container roses have never done very well in the 5+ years we've had them. Watering has always been too much a responsibility for ...

Last year I prepared and planted cucumbers and tomatoes in 3 hugel holes with mediocre results. Just improved/red...

The garden beds, which had wood chips dug into the soil, did the best this year. So I decided to dig up soil in them and take a look at wha...

This last summer I experimented a lot with different growing methods in my garden and in containers. Based on the results, this fall I redi...