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Yup! you guessed it! The older teaching the younger to help themselves to the garden.

Three generations of family busy planting hard neck Music garlic that create a deer deterrent edge to the garden area. Just what is Music garlic? It’s a hardneck garlic with tons more flavor than the softneck variety found in grocery stores. The cloves are large and easy to peel, and when cured properly, will storeContinue reading “Music Garlic”

This is the beginning of an 8′ tall “kitchen garden” designed to discourage deer from snacking on things that look appetizing.

Part of our “Organic System Plan” required us to identify “pests.” Here you see someone who does not identify with that title but rather views himself as a “helper” during harvest time.

After receiving the results of a soil test we found that we needed compost, we received multiple loads of Certified Organic compost from Lenz Enterprises. We also needed to raise our pH balance from 4.8 to about 6.5. To achieve this we have applied multiple applications of certified lime.