Straw bale gardening, growing veggies in containers, no dig potatoes, upside down tomato plants...do these ideas actually ease some of the back breaking labor and weeding time that's part of traditional gardening- but still produce a robust harvest?
SCBOA member farm Shepherd's Cove has volunteered to give some of these methods a try and update us on their progress, success and failures throughout the season.
Follow along as *Shepherd's Cove tests out alternative gardening ideas designed for small spaces, decks, apartments or virtually anywhere there's a little space and sun. Better yet-why not join in the experiment? Share and compare your results- and then share some of YOUR harvest through the SCBOA/PLANT A ROW for the Hungry program. You can register right here by clicking on the Plant a Row icon.
*Shepherd's Cove farm raises fiber sheep and lamb and fiber products like hand spun yarns and wool rovings. While the folks at Shepherd's Cover are great at raising livestock, they want you to know they are NOT "green thumb" experts (generally relying on the local farmers and Farmer's Markets to provide the Bounty of Sussex County harvest for their own table).
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Another alternative if you are growing more food than you need is www.AmpleHarvest.org - a site that helps diminish hunger by enabling gardeners to share their garden produce/herbs with neighborhood food pantries.
ReplyDeleteThe site is free both for the food pantries and the gardeners using it.
More than 2,000 food pantries nationwide are already on it and more are signing up daily.
It includes preferred delivery times, driving instructions to the pantry as well as (in many cases) information about store bought items also needed by the pantry (for after the growing season).
If your community has a food pantry, make sure they register on www.AmpleHarvest.org.