Chop & drop is exactly as it sounds – cut branches and leaves off a plant and drop them on the ground to hold in moisture, and to create healthy habitats for those who aid in the decomposition process. Healthy soil is essential to growing healthy plants (read here first) and just like why chop…
Raising chickens has always been a huge part of our lives. Over the years, we have hatched many chicks, built many coops and collected lots of eggs. Chickens are a lot of fun. They have individual personalities, they provide nutritious eggs and their constant scratching turns food scraps into garden compost, almost overnight. But, they…
Growing nitrogen fixing plants in your garden is an easy and interesting way to improve and add nutrients to your soil. They simply take the nitrogen from the air and hold it in the plant. Once the plant is cut back, the roots and leaves decompose and release that nitrogen back into the soil. This…