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Sheet mulching with ragweed

By Ben | Wed, 07/28/2010 - 15:08

ragweed and cornstalk layer in an okra bed

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In praise of Tyfon, King of Greens!

By Ben | Thu, 07/08/2010 - 13:47

photo courtesy of Daphne's DandelionsBack in the summer of 2008 when I was first ordering plants for our winter garden, I came across an item called "tyfon" or "Holland greens." It was in the section of the Territorial Seed catalog devoted to cover crops, and indeed when the seed packet arrived it said "EDIBLE GREEN MANURE."  How appetizing!  But in farming lingo, a "green manure" is just a cover crop that improves the soil... multiple sources said that tyfon could be eaten by people as well as animals, so I ordered it, along with several other crops that Territorial promised were winter-hardy.

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Garden 2009 report

By Ben | Wed, 09/16/2009 - 15:28

In preparation for tomorrow evening's Green Living Emporia meeting, which may or may not actually happen, here's a list of plants we grew in the garden's first year:

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The Tom Sawyer Method triumphs again

By Ben | Tue, 10/21/2008 - 08:47

Yesterday afternoon when I couldn't sit at the computer any longer, I went out and resumed collecting leaves for the sheet mulch in the front yard.  This is not a small mulch bed...

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