We purchased 300L of composted cow manure and green waste and are going to try no dig on a small scale with mostly ornamentals down the side of our driveway.
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Today:
- Replanted blackeyed peas in bare spots along the row
- transplanted sunny wild onions from the woods verge into the onion row
- planted out the first round of tomatoes (will move next batch from seed starter to little pots tomorrow)
- admired tiny turnip, rutabaga, and chard
- harvested the first round of radishes. Probably will plant more tomorrow, but for seed, not food because itāll get too hot for radishes in the next 30 days. Still two rounds growing for food.
- Foraged plantain, brier tips, and sorrel for salads with radish greens and radishes. Supper was chef salad where all the green things were growing a couple hours earlier.
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Iāve been very pleased with my garden as Iāve completely transitioned over to no dig methods.
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Now is a good time to reply them. My earlier fruiting varieties are throwing new growth at the moment, which indicates theyāre happy and growing.
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And they are very sold out. Any another ideas?
OK theyāre sold out of every everbearing variety except Seascape. Anyone have input on varietals?
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We will need to find alternative compost supplies if we want to do more of it. Today was bagged compost from the major hardware store, which isnāt actually that much different in price to a lot of the bulk suppliers Iāve looked at, because delivery charges (we donāt have a trailer or friends with one nearby) 
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We compost all our compostable waste but have only made maybe 150-200L in a year. Maybe we need to start taking the neighbours waste too?
And now that we have a nice north facing garden bed, we need to go to a nursery to get some plants this weekend, right?
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Maybe start using the Share Waste App and set yourself up as a depository for compostables?
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When I first started my garden I got bulk compost delivered. It runs $35-40 per cubic yard (765L) here with delivery (but I was getting 10+ cubic yards) which is cheaper than bagged, last I checked that runs about $60-70 and of course many extra trips to the store because of the sheer weight.
But I maintain it now with my own animal manure. I apply rabbit straight and chicken bedding sometimes fully composted, sometimes only partially composted but early in spring or late in fall. I generate quite a few cubic yards every year.
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Something has eaten everything green in my garden, got to my newly sprouted spinach and lettuce as well as my basil and parsley 
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Oh no 
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That sucks.
Iām doing a bit of infrastructure work in the beds today. Attaching a length of irrigation pipe to the bottom of the netting that can be secured to the sides/soil with tent pegs. Should be an improvement on the current draped netting attached with cloth pegs to the side of the beds.
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Oof, Iāve been there. Total losses suuuuuck.
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Iāve just realised that I might not be able to find accurate fruiting and flowering times for my area on the internet and itās going to be a year before I know of my fruit trees are nicely offset or going to inundate me with fruit all at onceā¦
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Iād rather have too much than not enough 
Preserving can be fun if not too swamped for time.
Worst-case top-grafting a better cultivar into an existing tree doesnāt seem too hard to learn from videos Iāve watched.
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Coffee grounds in a garden: best uses? Iām seeing conflicting info on the googles. And tea leaves apparently can be used?
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Damn bunnies. Iāve had this happen - Iām so sorry!
Oh noo, Iām sorry about your greenery.
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My community garden opened as planned yesterday. I went there - 50 minute walk each way, oof - hoping that Iād at least be able to find my new bed, as Iām at a new site this year. And to see what condition it was in. I was pleasantly surprised to find that there were only a few people there (on a 75-degree day!), no one near me, and everyone was masked. So I actually got to get some work done, instead of just turning around and fleeing the crowds as I had feared.
I managed to get it mostly cleaned out; it was full of weeds and had no useful perennials from the previous occupant. Shouldāve brought more trash bags, though, I didnāt have enough to cart everything away and weāre not allowed to throw out trash or compost anything at the site.
I was very excited that the bed itself was in good shape. A lot of the beds are starting to crumble; the bed next to mine is totally caved in.
Iām not really sure what Iām going to plant in it and what I am going to leave at home. I am only going to be at this site for 1 year, after which we supposedly can go back to our original site which is closed this year for repairs. So I donāt want to put in the time and effort and expense to fence in the bed against bunnies. Especially since I canāt do that alone and Iād rather only one of us was exposing ourselves. Which means no greens as those are bunny food. I also donāt want to put in any perennials as Iāll just have to dig them up and find someplace to overwinter them.
I did find a small amount of chicken wire in our basement so if I can find some way to fence off a small portion of the bed I might try that. Or else, Iāll just put hot crops in the bed, as bunnies donāt eat those in my experience.
Hereās a before and during:
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Theyāre basically a nitrogen rich mulch, but not so rich in nitrogen that plants will be harmed by applying it.
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