Archive for the ‘ Raised Beds ’ Category
Wattles for Garden Borders
I had an edible garden installation in late June at the Sonoma Marin Fair where I decided to experiment with a new type of border called a “wattle.” It’s a long snake-like border made of straw bundled in plastic netting, and it was featured in Sunset Magazine a few months ago as a nice option [...]
Bounty Farm Demo Garden Update
I thought I would post a slideshow with an update of the Bounty Farm plot. Now seems like a good time, as I just harvested my first veggies from the plot – some radishes and mustard greens. There are still areas of the garden that have yet to be planted and decisions to be made [...]
350 Garden Challenge: Halt Climate Change with Gardens
As the edible gardening craze continues, local nonprofits are taking advantage of the momentum to try to install 350 gardens in Sonoma County, California in one weekend (May 15-16). There are now 430 gardens signed up! iGROW Sonoma is leading the effort with partnering organizations that include: Daily Acts, GoLocal, Living Mandala, School Garden Network, [...]
Raised Beds
Heritage Salvage and Petaluma Bounty have joined forces to install raised beds in the demo garden I have begun at the Petaluma Bounty Farm. While the soil was good enough that it wasn’t necessary to use raised beds, it will be a nice demonstration for people who don’t have such good soil and prefer to [...]
Cover Crop Composting in Place
Today I began really cutting down the cover crop in my raised beds in the back. I cut the favas down towards the soil surface, but left their roots intact so as not to disturb the soil structure. I opted to leave all the snails I could find in the bed so that they can [...]
