Category Archives: Gardening

Taking Cover Cropping to the Next Level

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Larry Braley

Covering cropping is an excellent addition to any gardening or mini-farming venture.  If you’ve seen some of my recent posts, you know that I have been focused on expanding my use of cover crops to improve the heavy clay soil … Continue reading →

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Tillage Radish Cover Crop Update Six

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Larry Braley

Here’s update number six in my Tillage Radish cover crop experiment.  With the winter cold and occasional warm days doing its work on the radishes, the tubers are decaying and decomposing nicely. The tubers in the larger beds are still … Continue reading →

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Starting Onions from Seed

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Larry Braley

To get the gardening season started and break up the doldrums of winter, I like to get things going by starting onions from seed.  Onions can be grown from seeds, sets or plants.  Sets are generally the most popular way … Continue reading →

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What You Can Learn From the Juab County PVC Drip Irrigation System

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Larry Braley

Even though it’s still winter, it’s time to start preparing for the new garden season.  This year it appears we may experience low rainfall again like last year.  If that is the case, planning for more usage of a PVC … Continue reading →

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Tillage Radish Cover Crop Update Five

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Larry Braley

Here’s update number five in my Tillage Radish cover crop experiment.  Winter is in full swing at the end of December.  The radish foliage has pretty much died completely and the tubers are starting to rot although the bigger ones are … Continue reading →

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Tillage Radish Cover Crop Update Four

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Larry Braley

Here’s update number four in my Tillage Radish experiment this year.  The pictures below were taken last week. We’ve had many nights in the low 30’s, high 20’s but still some fairly warm days and nights for this time of … Continue reading →

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