here comes the sun (spring is sproinging pt.3)

alright internet-machine, it's just me & you.
and morning edition.
and a huge pot of lima beans that i woke up early to cook since it feels like summer already.

The odd absence of winter this year compelled me to ramp up my garden plans.  It's hard to focus on just 3 rectangular vegetable beds when it's 70degrees most of the winter.

I was having some problems keeping my janky bamboo/plastic/duct tape coldframe warm at night when a friend reminded me of hugelkultur.  Remembering hearing that hugelkultur beds slowly released heat somewhere, i figured i'd put a couple beds in around the coldframe...

spring is sproinging part 2

Alright, back to the computer to play catch-up.  Picking up where i left off:
    Onward to Plow Forward:

       Georgia Organics was awesome enough to award Backyard Beddie's a scholarship to their 2012 conference in Columbus, for which i am extremely grateful.  Here's a quick recap of what I learned and it's relevance:

spring is sproinging

a full moon has passed since i sat with you last.  many days of moving, dreaming, growing, planting.
 also driving, eating, pooping & sleeping.
this may be a long post. Lemme hit the high points first, then allow me to ramble:

• disaster strikes slowly. be vigilant.
• P is for polyculture
• Plow Forward. . . but only once: they call it conservation tillage
• hugelkultur beds
• unfurling @Taproot
• how to make straw from strawberries
• first wave plantings
• alfalfa: teeny-tiny cover cropping for compost/soil building
• going in to business