This weekend I took advantage of the gorgeous sunshine and direct-sowed some spring crops - peas, lettuce, spinach, radish, and kale - in the lovely raised beds of our house-sitting home.  Thinking ahead to our move in May (ish), I'm also creating a summer garden space on our land with the sheet mulching technique. Sheet mulching is a way to create an instant garden by deeply layering organic materials.  If you have a large backyard, imagine turning a corner of your lawn into a space to grow food!  On our land, we will most likely plow a piece of earth in the fall for next year's planting, but this summer sheet mulching will create an immediate growing space, with no tilling. Sheet … [Read more...]