A Good Garden With a Lot Less Work
(Page 7 of 7)
March/April 1970
By the Mother Earth News editors
Leave Ground Rough. Some gardeners are forever worrying their soil: trenching, raking, plowing. Faulkner shows that land apparently produces much better when supplied with plenty of humus which is worked into the top of the soil by disc harrow and left rough.In fact, he points out that the ideal is to make your whole garden a sort of compost heap.
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Plant Late. Usually garden writers say take a chance on losing some seed - plant as early as possible. We find it easier to plant a little late. We don't waste effort and seed this way. Anyway, with our well supplied freezer, plus Jerusalem artichoke, parsnip, and asparagus as early vegetables what do we gain by chancing early planting?
Transplanting. Transplant only when you must. Most transplanted plants get a setback from which they take time to recover and resume growth. And, of course, unnecessary transplanting is wasted effort.
Easy to Grow Vegetables. Beans beets, broccoli, cabbage, Chinese cabbage, carrots, celtuce, chard, corn, endive, kale, lettuce, okra, onions, parsley, parsnips, peas, potatoes, radishes, rhubarb, spinach, squash, tomato, turnips, Jerusalem artichokes.
Suggested Reading:
The Wise Garden Encyclopedia, $5.00.
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