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Gautschi’s Gardens

  • January 30, 2017
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  • Rory
I’ve written on a few occasions of Back to Eden style gardening. Back in October my Dad and I made a pilgrimage to the Sequim, Washington in the Olympic Peninsula to…
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How much to grow?

  • January 2, 2017
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  • Rory
One of the most common questions I get asked about gardening is “How much should I grow?” Another question that goes along with it is “How  big of a garden do…
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Back to Eden Garden Update

  • July 9, 2016
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  • Rory
It’s a happy day when blueberries and cherries are ripe for picking! We spent the the evening in the berry patches after dinner. Strawberries have come and gone, blueberries are…
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Back to Eden No-Till Garden, Revisited

  • October 5, 2015
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  • Rory
Last year I experimented with a no-till garden plot based on Paul Gautschi’s “Back to Eden” gardening method. This year I decided to go back to the conventional method of tilling, largely…
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Saving heirloom tomato seeds, step-by-step

  • September 15, 2015
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  • Rory
One of the joys of hobby farming is discovering trends that develop over many seasons. A homegrown tomato plant originally inspired me to start my own garden. Five years later I’m still…
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Garden Update

  • July 4, 2015
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  • Rory
With the new barn construction taking most of our attention this summer, we didn’t have as much time to devote to the garden. But we still managed to get our…
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