First Time Gardener (me) put together 100+ plant grow this season. What do you think?
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imgur.comPosted Jul 7, 2012, 10:12 PM UTC
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imgur.comI am so jealous of your basil harvest it's ridiculous
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We made pesto out of it today. Did you see my field of pesto?
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Awesome, i love the terraces. Can i give you a suggestion? I saw you had bare soil, I would mulch any bare soil with alfalfa hay or straw. You can get a bale for like 6 dollars and probably two bales will cover your whole garden. It will help conserve water and keep your soil nice and moist from the sun and wind. It also breaks down fertilizing your garden with nutrients and also earthworms and beneficial soil life love it and multiply in it. I started doing that this year and it has helped tremendously.
Cool, thanks. I will do that next year.
It's not too late and you'll love it. I just mulched my garden last week and it has improved a ton. Mulch has many, many benefits. I don't have a truck so I used cedar mulch, still super cheap and very effective.
Garden looks awesome, nice job.
Thanks. I'll look into the mulching. Is it as simple as spreading out some mulch all over the dirt? I can handle that.
This weekend I think I'll sink 2 15' 4x4 posts into some concrete and build a taller trellice for my tomatoes. They've outgrown their 54" cages!
Yep just spread it out, make it a couple inches deep, and you're set.
OK I used some straw. Here's the results so far:
http://imgur.com/a/CpvNm#9