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Tilling, Tilled

The garden is tilled up at last and, as soon as we get the fencing in, we’ll be ready to go! We had originally planned to till last weekend, but with the surprising April snow we received, the ground was just too wet. When tilling with machinery or even by hand, it’s important not to work on wet soil, as, among other issues, the compaction already caused by feet and tires is exacerbated and turning wet soil can cause large clods to form, making a less hospitable soil environment for microbes and plants. Today, the soil moisture was perfect and, in little more than an hour, our 900 square-foot plot was turned from grassy...

To dig or to till

Setting up a garden presents a myriad of questions. First, we debated whether to grow in raised beds or straight into the ground. After our soil test came back looking relatively good for nutrients and free of contaminants like lead, we decided that growing directly in the ground was the most cost-effective technique. Once that was decided, the next question was how to transform the ground from lawn to garden beds. We had already done some gardening at the very top of our property, next to a huge stone statue of Poseidon, a relic of the Stotesbury estate that used to stand nearby. Unsurprisingly, the ground next to the statue was...

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