The Tumberland Homestead
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The Garden
Organic, yummy, and super healthy.
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That's the best of all: 100% organic and healthy food. For my first year garden I cleared the alder flood plain next to the brook right in front of the cabin. The soil is quite fertile for uncultivated forest soil, since the nitrogen-fixing alders left nitrogen nodules in the ground. However, the soil is very acidic, and I have spread lots of wood ash and lime in past years. The most successful plants are these 3 by far: potato, tomato, and zucchini squash. Very yummy veggies. I grew herbs and flowers and any veggies you could think of as an almost-vegetarian. Gardening is greatest fun, and nourishes me creatively. Enjoy the photos below! |
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Clearing the land for the garden site: Preparing the soil: Ready for sowing: Parsley and sage in cold frame: The potatoes are sprouting: Roses: Things are growing: Bonfires as a fun by-product of clearing the land: Crocuses, the first flower to come up in the spring: My rock garden with oregano, thyme, roman camomille, and sage: Row of tulips bordering garden path: Snowbear investigating highbush blueberry plantings: Highbush blueberry, 2009. By 2011, the plants were ready for thick-berry harvesting: Tumberland's garden: Potatoes: Strawberries with stingling nettle (good for compost tea) in background: Roughly 100 Strawberry plants: So many strawberries: Strawberry transplants: Tomato plants in cold frame: |
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