Notes For The Vegetable Garden . . . .

For vegetables. plan your yields according to your extended family size and whether you will need to freeze, can or practice successive gardening in order to have fresh crops every couple weeks.

If your crops are regularly attacked by insects, consider companion plantings to hide, repel, or trap

pests. Other companion plants provide food and shelter to attract and protect beneficial insects. Some plants  grow well together just because they don’t compete for light or rooting space.

The best tool for an established garden can be your turning fork.  It aerates and lifts plants and rocks, keeping soil porosity.  It also does not overly disturb the delicate balance of microbes in the soil and reduces carbon release.

Never use a tiller in soil that is infested with bindweed, quack grass, or other weeds that regrow from small pieces of root. They are easily spread by rototilling.