Them That’s Doin’: Labor of Love

Check out these ideas from readers and our editors about raised garden beds with hoop houses, volunteer pumpkin patch, and more.

By Mother Earth News Readers
Published on November 9, 2020
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by Laura Thomas Boles

Welcome to Them That’s Doin’, a department featuring editors and readers discussing what they’ve been up to. We want to know what’s caught your eye, and how you’ve been spending your time. Have you tested a new composting method, or watched with delight as volunteer plants thrived? Tried a new weeding technique, or extended your growing season? Tell us at Letters@MotherEarthNews.com.


Laura’s Labor of Love

“A labor of love” is how we refer to my garden. And while I’m not new to gardening, it’s been 20 years since I last had one. I’ve experienced gardening on a whole new level, as I’m already harvesting produce. My husband built me garden boxes with greenhouse hoops over them so we could have a longer growing season, since ours in northwestern Montana is so short. The results were stunning; I have a late-season garden in July. And we’re already harvesting produce from the garden. We’re not only enjoying the bounty, such as squash and lettuce, but I’m also learning new methods of preserving food for our long winters, such as dehydrating and freezing. I’ve found this garden experience to be a truly satisfying labor of love in providing food for our table. –Laura Thomas, reader


Volunteer Pumpkin Patch

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