Wanted: Garden Gnomes

I need garden gnomes, and I don't mean the decorative kind. Because we had just moved in, we didn't do a double dig in the fall. The gardening bug bit me over winter, so I make shifted after reading up online, reading the infamous Mini Farming book, and seeing what my WAPF "milk guy" does for his garden. I laid down a ton of straw, not hay, on top, I smothered that in organic soil and compost, I faithfully transplanted with help from some friends. We dug holes in a hill in my yard and planted new squash. And then I left for Virginia with the babies. A church friend reassured me that the June rains would incubate my plants - Alaska peas, two different heirloom tomato varieties, cucumbers, corn, basil, and carrots. Mr Hockey sent me a picture of the garden a few days before I was to return home. The rains gifted mew a beautiful, healthy, lush... grass patch.

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