
As summer winds down, it’s easy to assume that the vegetable garden is about over. Even if our tomatoes, peppers,…
As summer winds down, it’s easy to assume that the vegetable garden is about over. Even if our tomatoes, peppers,…
Fall is the ideal time to work on the quality of your garden soil. If you have time before first frost, grow a quick crop of peas or beans to chop up and add to the soil, or a cover crop of legume grasses. If time is short, layer a lasagne garden of biodegradable materials to break down and create rich new soil for next spring’s crops.
Next Year’s Garden, continued… Green Manure Crops Cover crops, turned back into the soil, are another means of adding organic matter,…