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In his gardening style he never tills. His garden has layers of wood chips over the soil. Doing that he never has to water. The moisture is kept in the ground, it doesn't evaporate with the heat. It also helps prevent weeds. I couldn't get my hands on wood chips, but I was able to pick up a bale of straw for $5.00. It should do the same basic principal. Oh, another thing I loved about the film was how he uses scripture to back what he says. That was awesome.
Here are a few photos of the garden, before the straw was added...
We have 3 raised beds. One bed is 4x4 and full of strawberries. A 4x8 is what I call my "salad garden" with lettuce, radishes, swiss chard, beets, okra, beans and spinach. We also have a 4x16 that has turnips, cabbage, onions, peppers, carrots, eggplant, spaghetti squash, garlic, broccoli and cauliflower in it. This year the tomatoes, zucchini, pumpkin, watermelon, cucumbers, more cauliflower, green beans and tromboncino squash are planted in the ground. Our grapes are doing great. The raspberries look so-so, I think next year they will take off. I have harvested a ton of peppermint so far and have been enjoying the best ever peppermint tea.
We also have a herb garden and in addition to the peppermint have catmint, dill, rosemary, chives, stevia, lemon balm, chamomile, basil and oregano.
Tonight for supper I steamed these beets, they were delicious! We also had salad with chicken breast and black beans.
Tomorrow is a big day for my oldest son...hopefully he gets his cast! He broke his arm 2 weeks ago during football practice. He had surgery to set it, and has been waiting for the swelling to go down so he can get his cast. Who would ever think a person would be happy to get a cast! The doctor had mentioned a waterproof one and Noah is wanting to go swimming so bad. Maybe tomorrow!
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