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Monday, March 08, 2010
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Perriman
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Warwood
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I would wish to invite others, newbies and all who may benefit to view this diary as a learning experience. I will include what I know and do throughout the season so others can learn as I did. Step one on my "new ground garden" is the ripping or subsoiling. The pic shows the start of this last fall. I ripped the soil by going down a shovel's length deep and putting that soil to the side. I was lucky I didn't have to remove any clay at this point. Then I turned, broke up the soil at the next deeper level, another shovels length deep, and left the soil at that depth in the trench. I did this by hand as I have no tractor or subsoiler. I did this in a checkerboard pattern across the 1300 sq.ft. garden every 3-4'. I only grow 2 plants a year. Figure about 1/2 hr. a day per plant all in all including observing for insects, disease etc. I filled the "trench" with good compost and then covered it with the soil I put to the side.
My goals:
1) To help others
2) To grow a personal best exceeding my previous best of 1242.
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