Practical Nourishment: And So It Begins...

Gardening season is starting! I've been busy making my garden plan. This year I'm trying some new techniques, like creating wide, raised rows filled with plants that do well together (companion planting). I'll do successive planting, meaning I'll plant veggies like spinach, beets, beans, and corn every week or two rather than all of it at once. I'll also interplant veggies (plant certain veggies together), like bush beans that grow low to the ground with corn that stands tall. Also, my squash, melons, and cucumbers will climb on trellises instead of taking over the whole garden.

The rows are slowly being built. The first thing I'm doing is marking the rows with string. Then I'll add newspapers, leaves, rabbit manure, straw, coffee grounds and compost layered on top of one another to build up the beds with rich humus.