Spring Makeover: Our expanding Urban Homestead.
April 27, 2009 at 4:47 pm Leave a comment
This weekend we removed the last of our grass, making way for more food. Grass represents things that I’m not into, not the least of which is mowing. Last year, an old Italian lady asked me, as I offered her herloom black cherry tomatos from my front yard, “Don’t you have a back yard?” Now I can answer that with, “You should see how much food I can grow back there!”
The Urban Homestead says that it’s best to avoid tilling, but sadly, we are too lazy busy to dig it up by hand. This means more maintenance work later, but at least I can get right in there. And it’s so satisfying to look at 
Before:
That’s sawdust, not dead grass. Excellent soil additive! You can see the tiny patch of dirt around the perimeter that I used last year.
After!
I was so happy to tromp around in the fresh dirt
Entry filed under: Food, Garden. Tags: Food, garden, Green, Living, Urban Homestead.
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