spring activity and some lessons learned

The garden is beginning to respond to spring.  Interestingly my diary (postings on this website) indicate activity is about 2 weeks behind where it was in 2012 - see my post on March 26, 2012 where growing was further advanced.  Attributable of course to the unusually cold periods in February and March. Last year I cultivated a strip between my apple trees for corn.  Not very successful but in the fall I seeded with turnip and clover and winter pea and it is thriving now. I am learning Read more [...]