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Alfalfa

Garlic: Bane of Raccoons and Vamps Everywhere: Scene 2

September 21, 2011 by fifthseason 2 Comments

Last week, in the first installment of all things garlic, the discussion leaned towards picking the right varieties.  Now, it's time to get dirty and put some cloves in the ground. 1)Mise en Place Some of the best ingredients for a garlic garden plot is alfalfa (hay, meal or pellets), bone meal or soft rock phosphate. Bone meal and soft rock both contain a good amount of the delicious phosphorous garlic gobbles up. I prefer soft rock since beneficial microbes (like mycorrhizae ) readily … [Read more...] about Garlic: Bane of Raccoons and Vamps Everywhere: Scene 2

Filed Under: Organic Gardening Tagged With: Alfalfa, Allium Family, Beneficial microorganisms, Bone Meal, Garlic, Growing Great Garlic, Mycorrhizae, Phosphorous, Ron L. Engeland, Selenium, Soft Rock Phosphate

Hammer the Heat by Falling for Cover Crops Part 1

August 20, 2010 by fifthseason 2 Comments

The tyrannical heat that this summer has bestowed upon the south remains unrelenting. Sweat seeps while humidity hangs in the air like invisible wet cement. Besides bathing in ice, the only way to ignore the heat is to dream of the fall garden. Simple tasks like hoeing and direct sowing loses its oppressive air in the autumn. Thoughts don't seem as stuffy, and the mind can wander to whimsical thoughts of planting without salty perspiration lathering the eyes. One of the best preparatory … [Read more...] about Hammer the Heat by Falling for Cover Crops Part 1

Filed Under: Organic Gardening Tagged With: Alfalfa, Austrian Winter Peas, Cover crops, Crimson Clover, Hairy Vetch, Legume, Winter Barley, Winter Rye, Winter Wheat

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