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Waffle Garden Beds

I will eventually Write about these in more detail. This picture shows one of my waffle garden beds. A waffle garden is a sunken area that’s divided into squares. When viewed from above, it looks like a waffle.

The next …

Basil Plants in the Garden

And mushroom

If you look closely you’ll see a volunteer mushroom growing too. Unfortunately I don’t know what kind of mushroom so we won’t harvest it, but it should be good for the soil.

Rainwater Harvesting

The center area of our land is fairly flat and clear. We’ve decided a section of this will be our primary homestead area in the next year or two.

We’re not moving the camper over there until we’ve got a well, so that we can have …

Pallet Garden Fence

As part of my ongoing struggle to protect my food gardens from critters, I decided to try building a pallet garden. Technically it’s a pallet garden fence and while it’s too soon to tell how the plants will fare inside of it, I like it …

Protecting Tomato Plants from Critters

In one of my earlier writings, I mentioned several challenges we’ve had with trying to grow food in the desert. One of the most frustrating in our first year here has been the critters. We have bunny rabbits that run around, I’ve seen at least one jack rabbit, and …