We had a final (St Patrick’s Day) ‘just barely’ frost last night, low 32. This time we covered the West Veggie Garden with hay. That worked well and we had very minimal damage to the warm weather crops…tomatoes, basil, beans. The strawberries, potatoes, and corn fared well in the Hilltop Garden. High for the day was 63.
We appear to be out of the woods on freezing temps, fingers crossed!
Happy Homesteading,
T.
It’s important to add a cover crop in between veggie crops. The cover crop should be a nitrogen fix for the soil. We use Austrian Winter Peas in the Winter and Cowpeas in the warm weather. It is equally important to turn in the cover crop before it goes to seed as, once it flowers the plants will begin to deplete the soil of nitrogen instead of adding it.
Crop rotation is also a must. We planted corn where the sweet potatoes had been, sweet potatoes where the red and white potatoes had been, and red nd white potatoes where the corn had been.
Happy Soil-Building!
T.
Here’s Seth creating a veggie smoothie for us all for lunch. He’s using the Kefir milk as a base and then adding veggies instead of fruit like we do in the mornings. It tasted just like V-8 without all the nasties.
Happy Homesteading,
T.
