Other than a few cherry tomatoes, nothing grew to harvest. We went away for ten days in August and every vegetable other than the tomatoes died.
At this point, I'm preparing the soil for next year, and maybe trying to grow some kohlrabi. We'll see. The chickens destroyed the small planting I started at the end of August. I'll try again in the same little plot and maybe take over a plot in the actual coop garden.
I took this video to show the soil I'm starting with. Supposedly rye grass roots can work through the hardest soils, we'll see.
I took this video to show the soil I'm starting with. Supposedly rye grass roots can work through the hardest soils, we'll see.
As well as broadcasting rye grass to prepare the soil, I've broadcast clover and a legume mix. The chickens tend to eat the seed, so I've broadcast it a number of times this September. I've also spread a thin layer of straw to eventually give fertile structure to the soil.
