Category: Healthy Soil

Raised Bed: The Buildening

Raised Bed: The Buildening

Posted on by Alice

Yeah, that photo above showcases some stellar winter weather we were hit with while I was tackling the building part of this project… Anyhoo!  Welcome to the buildening of the raised bed which would not have been possible without a little bit of plannening as described in part one. Assembly Ok, I went into this with every intention of building this bed by myself with no help from Nick.  Why?  I don’t know…ego?  I don’t have much in the way of carpentry experience, but I guess I thought I might be a prodigy.  So I had Nick show me how Read More

Get Started Creating "Black Gold" aka Compost-Part 2

Get Started Creating “Black Gold” aka Compost-Part 2

Posted on by Alice

So now that you’ve read all about “black gold”, you’re ready to take on assembling your own compost pile.  First thing you should know is that there are so many different ways to compost which is both awesome and overwhelming.  Awesome because it means you have choices.  And overwhelming because, well, which method should you go with?  Heck, I was getting a bit overwhelmed just trying to write this post.  I even found two new composting methods I’d never heard of as I was researching for this (which I won’t talk about here)! So for simplicity’s sake, let me put Read More

All About “Black Gold” aka Compost-Part 1

Posted on by Alice

One of the big reasons for me having to deviate from my initial gardening goals was due to the health of my soil.  As I began my lawn re-sodding project (more on that soon), I discovered I have nutrient-deprived, clay soil that would prevent the growing successes I’m looking for.  Truly terrible soil!  So, growing this year just didn’t make sense.  Rather I’ve concentrated my time on projects that will improve the health of my soil and set me up for success next year.   Composting is one of those projects.  Presenting the topic of compost so early on my Read More