Home Improvement, Sustainability, and Organic Gardening in Progress
What do you do when your only child goes off to college? You buy an old farmstead in the Driftless Area of Wisconsin, of course!
Rehabbing a farmhouse, gardening, and dabbling with sustainability is keeping us busy. Share our adventures through our writings and photos of the work in progress!
Looking at the calendar recently, and our to-do list, it struck me how little time we have until winter arrives. There is one week left in October; how did that happen? We have been making progress on our end-of-season projects, but there is still a lot to be done. Part of the work is preparing for spring and next year's garden season. With the garlic bed filled with chicken manure and the last of the bean succession crop gone, the end of October is time for planting garlic c
Given the size of our garden and the crops we grow, it takes several weeks for us to put the garden to bed for the season. It is important work, because anything we can do now to control weeds and build soil fertility sets the stage for spring. This year we have had the extra challenge of the weather - it has been too nice! Although most of our plants have faded and there is less daylight, it has approached or exceeded 80 degrees on some days. As a result, we have continued t
