Knowledge From This Growing Season

Hay is still the best medium to grow in. Straw bales are way too expensive to be used. Hay bales are weed free due to bale decomposition and high temperatures. Aged Bales are the best bales.

Do not use leaf bales for growing in. They take too long to decompose. Use them for smothering weeds, or in decorating your garden spaces between rows.

We must plant more fall garden plants. Timing is a little different (before the cold sets in) but I think it is worth it.

Grow fresh carrots for your pet. My little Chihuahua loves thin slices of carrot.

When juicing for health do not neglect juicing some edible flowers.

Take more time and enjoy the little critters.

Why waste your time growing in flats. Grow your grass for juice in your empty garden space. Shear it down when it has grown a few inches (up to eight inches) and then save the juice in the form of ice cubes for the winter.

Try some new recipes. My Green Salsa Verde sauce was a success.

Use a net over your bucket lettuce plants for safety from insects. They use nets in hospitals in order to keep young children from jumping out of their cribs. Why not plants? Plants need safety too. Especially when they are young and small.

You can put two pepper plants together and they grow better than one.

If you are going to grow in a bag, put it in a bucket. When growing in buckets never fill the water more that 1/3 of the bucket. Next year I am going to put drainage holes on the outside of my bucket (1/3 way up) so I never overfill it.

Explore the use of different plants. Some plants are vilified for their improper usage.

Use larger drainage holes in buckets. Use hay or dead grass to cover the holes so the soil does not run out when watering.

You do not always have to use wood in making biochar. I like using dried grasses or hay.

Enrich your soil by using dead bugs from your bug zapper.

Don't waste money on always buying seeds. Harvest seeds from the plants that you like and from things that you buy at the market.

Get a tank for your garden to keep away thieves. In a survival situation it might come in handy. (This was my attempt at sick humor.)