“I look at what I did last summer and I’ll shift everything over one or two beds and just keep rotating,” she said. “It’s very important for disease resistance for your plants.”
any pesticides on their plants. They count on their bees for fresh honey, their chickens for eggs and their guinea fowl to keep ticks at bay. And, they don’t want to interfere with those relationships by using chemicals. (They prevent pests with natural methods, like tobacco and garlic juice.) Planning, waiting, growing Managing gardens of this extent is no small challenge, but one Brenda enjoys. She plans the gardens throughout the year. “It never re- ally leaves my thoughts,” she said. Every season, she pulls out her graph paper and makes notes about what worked and what didn’t. She also draws out all of the garden beds.
She also scours dozens of seed catalogs starting in December, looking for any- thing new or different. “I like to try new things,” she said. “So, I look for things that I think would be fun to grow. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn’t.” During the season, she’ll roam the paths in her gardens and just let the creativity
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