Cardboard watermelon protection
It's that time of year when
watermelon and butternut squash plants explode with growth and reach
past their raised bed areas.
A cardboard buffer might
sacrifice part of our "lawn", but hopefully will provide some
additional protection for these yummy treats.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Mitsy --- Protection isn't really the right word. More of a weed barrier so that the necessarily unmown area of grass doesn't hide the fruits (and drive Mark crazy.
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Mona --- We have a hard time not ending up overwhelmed with butternuts. Lack of light or nitrogen, though, can hold them back. Maybe that was your problem?
Everett --- It's interesting that people are always warning us about slugs with mulch. We have seen a slight increase since starting to use mulch, but definitely not the infestation others report. I suspect there must be some kind of imbalance that makes a garden likely to grow slugs, but can't quite figure out what it is. Maybe our slug numbers are just kept in check by our copious frogs, toads, salamanders, and turtles?
Nice work turning slugs into fish!