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Continue readingThe Kitchen Garden – 2021 in review
Originally an unexceptional collection of grass and shrubs I called The Secret Garden, a couple of years of experimenting and observation proved the area to be a convenient and suitable spot for cut flowers and culinary herbs.
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My mother was an avid gardener. She insisted my little sister and I help with pulling weeds and feeding the veg patch. As a surly teenager, I complained a lot, totally missing the point. Gardening would not take hold with me until after the birth of my second daughter. When I asked my mother’s advice […]
Continue readingThe Herb Spiral – Tips and tricks from a new user!
On the heels of completing the initial sheet mulching steps of The kitchen Garden (formerly known as The Secret Garden), we began our herb spiral. The process is similar in that materials are layered to magically build soil. We began by placing rocks, all resourced from our property, in a spiral formation, and stacked them […]
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