We have been busy the last few months with planning and planting in our first large garden! There is always a way to do a garden. Whether it's in pots on the porch, or a small area in the yard! We started out with a small garden box in the front porch, but soon we discovered the family housing community garden here on Ft. Jackson! We are having a great time with partnering with some friends to make a large garden possible. With it being, as Kellie says, "The blind leading the blind," we seem we will have a very successful harvest!
We started out with a soil test, tilling, adding fast acting lyme, adding horse manure, tilling again, and making mounds before planting. We also added Epsom salt over the top, and it dissolved nicely into the ground.
We are off to a great start! So far we have corn, tomatoes, zucchini, okra, green beans, cucumber, watermelon, cantaloupe, onions, carrots, jalapeno, banana peppers... More to come!!
We started out with a soil test, tilling, adding fast acting lyme, adding horse manure, tilling again, and making mounds before planting. We also added Epsom salt over the top, and it dissolved nicely into the ground.
We are off to a great start! So far we have corn, tomatoes, zucchini, okra, green beans, cucumber, watermelon, cantaloupe, onions, carrots, jalapeno, banana peppers... More to come!!
Corn!
With some wheat or barley popping up along with it. Normally, manure is piled and covered in the fall to 'kill' seeds, but since we started in the Spring we will just have to deal with whatever the horses ate!
