The plants in this bed, and other parts of this plot, are not thriving. Although we dug this bed more thoroughly than the others, we had removed much of the fertility and organic matter from the soil when we removed the sod. We did not add any fertility or any other soil improver to this bed, and this has been compounded by the lack of rain earlier in the year, the wet cool weather for most of the summer and the fact that we did not harvest quickly enough to make room for other plants.
All of this has left the bed in a poor state where nothing is growing well and what we are harvesting can have a more bitter taste. We have learned a lot from this bed.
The plants in this bed, and other parts of this plot, are not thriving. Although we dug this bed more thoroughly than the others, we had removed much of the fertility and organic matter from the soil when we removed the sod. We did not add any fertility or any other soil improver to this bed, and this has been compounded by the lack of rain earlier in the year, the wet cool weather for most of the summer and the fact that we did not harvest quickly enough to make room for other plants.
All of this has left the bed in a poor state where nothing is growing well and what we are harvesting can have a more bitter taste. We have learned a lot from this bed.
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