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Out of the darkness...
Sep. 11th, 2012 20:36sometimes comes a good idea.
It's time I bit the bullet and made raised garden beds. For one thing, I could control the fertility and organic matter content so much better. Moisture levels would be more even in lighter soil. I can mulch mature tomato plants (seedlings are still susceptible to earwigs), and that's easier to do with definite boundaries. I can't keep digging every single bed every single year. My knees would appreciate raising the plants up even six inches. And I could put something like wood chips on the paths without worrying about drift -- which would also help with water retention and (more importantly) keeping dust down so as not to encourage the mites.
( Problem... solution! )
I have the winter to work the place over. Woo!
(Yes, I'm feeling a bit better now)
It's time I bit the bullet and made raised garden beds. For one thing, I could control the fertility and organic matter content so much better. Moisture levels would be more even in lighter soil. I can mulch mature tomato plants (seedlings are still susceptible to earwigs), and that's easier to do with definite boundaries. I can't keep digging every single bed every single year. My knees would appreciate raising the plants up even six inches. And I could put something like wood chips on the paths without worrying about drift -- which would also help with water retention and (more importantly) keeping dust down so as not to encourage the mites.
( Problem... solution! )
I have the winter to work the place over. Woo!
(Yes, I'm feeling a bit better now)
