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12 Tips for the Home Garden

1/4/2021

 
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I have been growing my own food in some form or another for almost 20 years. I started with containers on a patio then upsized my growing operation with each house I moved to. I don't know everything about gardening by any means, but I've experienced and learned a lot. So here's some tips I want to share with you as you start planning your next garden. I hope it helps!
  • Grow beans on your tallest trellis because they grow the fastest
  • Plant small squash and melons at the base of your sturdiest trellis because they weigh the most. Hammocks might be needed later on for the fruit.
  • Place a pea seed in your finished compost. If it sprouts, the compost is ready. If it doesn't, more time is needed.
  • Use row cover over your cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, romanesco and brussels sprout plants to prevent an infestation of cabbage worms.
  • Never, ever use hay as mulch in the garden; it's filled with seeds and will turn your garden into a field of grass in no time. Use straw instead.
  • Peas are the first crop to be planted in the garden. When the soil is no longer a frozen rock (aka "workable") and reaches roughly 45F, you can sow those seeds.
  • Never use bamboo poles for pea plants. They can't grip the poles and will sag.
  • Rotate crops always. If you're stumped on where to rotate plants to, follow the adage, "Beans, then roots. Greens, then fruit".
  • When you walk past your tomato plants in the summertime, give the blossoms a tap with your finger. It'll help distribute pollen and increase your crop yield.
  • Got aphids in the garden? Add ladybugs. They'll eat the aphids and leave when the aphids are gone.
  • Water motion sprinklers are the best deterrent for garden intruders. A deer or gopher will happily circumvent a fence if they can find a way. But they won't like a blast of water.
  • Plant radishes around cucumbers to prevent beetles.

There's so much more I could share but we'll call it good for now. 
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    Angela is the farmer and content creator behind Axe & Root Homestead LLC. This historic six-acre permaculture farm is home to two Clydesdale horses, ten honeybee hives, five sheep, two guardian dogs, barn cats and a flock of 40 geese and ducks. The farm produces maple syrup, fruit from a small orchard and loads of garden produce for consumption, preservation and donation to the local food pantry.

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