No Till Gardening And Heavy Mulch

“Above is the picture of the original garden spot that I have been gardening nonstop since 1997.

That’s 15 years and a very large amount of food that has been produced on this small vegetable plot. I have to say this garden has never let me down though. Occasionally I will have a crop failure due to human error or weather conditions but this garden has endured and is a workhorse.

Over the years the surrounding trees have increased in size and last year we decided to make this garden smaller so as not to compete with the massive underground root systems of these existing trees and also not to have to compete for sunlight.

We created a new garden spot in another area to take the place of the areas that were reduced in this garden. At that time we also decided to try the no till gardening method out of curiosity more than anything…”

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Self Sufficient Backyard

In all that time an electric wire has never been connected to our house. We haven’t gotten or paid an electricity bill in over 40 years, but we have all the electricity we want. We grow everything we need, here, in our small backyard. We also have a small medicinal garden for tough times. Read More Here...


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