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Ruth Stout Potato Planting | Deep Mulch Gardening

Today is Potato planting day on the Homestead! We leverage the Ruth Stout method of expanding potatoes every year, and we absolutely LOVE it. Seeding Square: https://amzn.to/3Ma6dVI Bone Meal: https://amzn.to/3Em0ycg […]

Why I'm Not Gardening | The 7 Year Land Rest

scripture recommendation: When you enter the land which I offer you, after that the land shall maintain a sabbath to the LORD” (Leviticus 25:2; see Exodus 23:10 -11). Following knowledgeables […]

HUGE Garlic Harvest | NO DIG Gardening!

We grow hard-neck garlic every year in our garden. We plant in the fall, usually October / November, and apply a deep layer of mulch. We harvest the following summer, […]