The Farm – trying new things in the gardens

This is a year of trying some new stuff, enjoying a more whimsical eclectic type of garden and trusting that God will bless the gardens.

The new bed set up is working well for me and I am really excited to see how that is going to turn out. Having numerous victory gardens each with its own flare and excitement is cool too.

So I am trying something different with my potatoes this year. I have decided to do a no dig “soiless” method. So in the victory beds near the greenhouse I have two beds that I planted chitted red potatoes in the beds are freshly tilled as is the whole garden and the potatoes are nestled onto of the soil and covered in about 6 inches of straw. Because of the wind on that side of the garden right now I used a clear plastic crop cover that has ventilation holes in it. The plastic is laid over the straw after I watered the beds and weighed down with some bricks.

There are two benefits from covering the straw with the plastic first is obvious…. so that the straw does not blow away and second to heat or warm up the bed so that the potatoes get a kick start in the growing big department.

So if all goes well after the plants have done their thing I should be able to remove the straw and have beautiful clean no dig harvest of potatoes. A follow up will follow later in the summer.

As you can see from the pictures I do have a bunch of other veggies growing in the gardens right now. Especially those that don’t mind the cool temps. In another 2 weeks I belive, once the frost risk is completely gone the rest of the plants we started will go out.

I also got the squash beds covered and ready for planting. It’s a big 50ft by 40ft area. So lots of room for the different varieties we are growing. I didn’t get a chance to grow the squash this way last year but I am looking forward to see what the yields are gonna be growing it this way.

I have one more bed that requires the “rough” walk through to mark the beds and then full steam ahead on the planting of the seedlings and direct sowing. Looking forward to seeing all the pollinators and butterflies and beneficials in the beds.

Look forward to weekly updates on the veggie beds. Take care everyone ❤️ and God Bless.