Perception vs. reality
Perception: My fancy,
hybrid butternut seeds didn't germinate very well.
Test: I checked the
packet to see how many seeds I planted --- 30. Then I counted how may
seedlings had come up --- 24.
Reality: 80% germination
in a wild, garden setting isn't bad at all. I did replant the gaps with
saved, unfancy butternut seeds though. Gotta have plenty of our goats'
favorite concentrate!
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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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Mulch
I'm curious about your use of straw/hay for mulch. Is it organic? Almost all of our local hay has been sprayed. I have read that the glycophosphate causes problems down the road? We're using wood chips now... Thank you!
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— Tue Jun 7 01:09:14 2016
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