Published: May 15, 2025 · Leave a Comment
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Welcome to the garden.
This is where you’ll find posts about what we’re growing, how we’re growing it, and all the lessons we’re learning along the way. From soil prep to seed starting to harvest—and probably a few mistakes in between—we’ll be sharing it all here.
There’s not much here yet, but this week we plant our main garden, so check back as the season unfolds.
Never Leave Your Garden Naked: Why We Always Cover the Soil
If there’s one piece of gardening advice I feel compelled to pass along, it’s this: never leave your soil bare. This principle is so central to how we grow things that we’ve built entire routines around it. Over the years, we’ve learned (sometimes the hard way) that exposed soil quickly turns into depleted, weed covered,…
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Why We Broadfork Instead of Till (and Why You Might Want to, Too)
We got a tiller from a garage sale for $50 and fired it up every spring for 16 years. Three years ago, we gave up on tilling. It was loud, rough on the soil, and left us feeling like we were battling our garden instead of working with it. That’s when we discovered the broadfork—and…
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