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Tillage Radish Cover Crop Update Five

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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Extending Fall Lettuce Harvest With Floating Row Covers and Other Tips

Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends in the U.S.!  We’ve enjoyed another great Thanksgiving as a family and we pray you had a wonderful Thanksgiving as well.  There is much for us to be thankful for, and one of the … Continue reading

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The Joy of Food in the Christian Home

In this second presentation we listened to by Chef Francis Fouchachon, he describes how food, viewed rightly, enriches lives, especially in the Christian home. Food is more than just fuel for the body. It is a gracious gift provided by … Continue reading

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Tillage Radish Update

It’s been about three and half weeks since I planted the experimental tillage radish beds.  The Lord provided and excellent rain this last week–about four, soaking inches–and the radishes have come to life.  True to form, they are growing rapidly with some … Continue reading

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Remembering Ruth Stout: A Guru of No-Work Gardening

One of the first books I read as the Lord rekindled my love of gardening was “The Ruth Stout No-Work Garden Book” by the late Ms. Ruth Stout and Mr. Richard Clemence, published by Rodale Press.  Ms. Stout was a … Continue reading

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Cover Crop Experiment: Tillage Radish

This week I planted an experimental bed of Tillage Radish.  I have several beds with hard clay starting about eight to ten inches below the top soil.  Instead of using the double dig method on these bigger beds, I’m trying … Continue reading

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