Onward & Upward in the Garden

A load of mulch is delivered by Carroll Electric

Folks are probably wondering why in the world we got another load of mulch, but no-till gardening and farming means you can't have too much. Lots of mulch keeps the weeds down and the water close to the surface where plants need it. The end results include less stooping and pulling and lower water bills. What happens to the mulch next:

There is a squash bed directly adjacent and north of the Little sprouts garden. At the moment it is covered with black plastic and the plastic is held down by some recycled lumber. We will:

1. take the lumber off the plastic and stack it (neatly) on a pile by the white storage shed.
2. take the garden fork and poke LOTS of holes in the black plastic.
3. apply mulch about 12 inches deep over the plastic being careful not to disturb the squash plants.

Next year, the we'll have this area fenced for watermelon and as a chicken run for the 4 chickens we plan to raise.

Zucchini squash about fruit.

If all goes well we'll dodge the evil squash borer and have plenty of zucchini, crook necked, and acorn squash. Sadly, mulch does not deter bugs from their appointed rounds so--it is nip and tuck time.

Many thanks to Bill Hudspeth for causing the mulch to arrive!