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Continue reading →: A Closer Look: Bed 5 PlansWe have finally made it to the bed plans that many of you have been waiting to learn more about – our tomatoes for the year! As I have mentioned before, one of our themes this year is managing our root knot nematode problem. One of the most common management…
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Continue reading →: A Closer Look: Bed 4 PlansWe have made it all the way to our Bed 4 plans for this week’s closer look. Bed 4 is the raised bed where we are planting our Milpa Cover Crop blend of seed. We are working with the Sedgwick County Conservation District, and using the seed from Green Cover…
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Continue reading →: A Closer Look: Bed 3 Plans
Many years we attempt a garden bed that reflects the vegetables and herbs of a particular cuisine or culture. It has been a couple years since we did this, and more than a couple years since we did a Latin American themed garden. While it would be easy to just…
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Continue reading →: A Closer Look: Bed 2 Plans
Today let’s take a closer look at the plans for our second bed in the Demo Garden. This bed is fairly simple, compared to Bed 1. Half the bed is planted to tomatoes (and basil!), while the other half will be planted to potatoes in the spring and leafy greens…
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Continue reading →: A Closer Look: Bed 1 PlansI am cautiously optimistic that I will be able to go through each bed we have planned and go into more details about the varieties we have chosen and what we will be doing with each raised bed. So let’s kick that off with a closer look at Bed 1!…