This morning, I was thrilled that a new load of gin trash was delivered to my garden. A Load of Gin Trash Being Dumped into Jacki Kellum’s Garden What Is Gin Trash? Gin Trash is a by-product of ginning cotton. Unfortunately for many of you, you must live near a cotton gin to have access…
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Another Parable of the Soil: Prepare Your Soil – Plant in Faith – Lessons from My Garden
This time last year, I was spreading one of several truck loads of garden soil to create raised beds in my garden. I had lived in my current house for 6 months, and I had just begun my efforts to transform the barren field behind my house into a natural haven. View from my screened…
Building Support – A Lesson from My Garden
One of the identifying characteristics of cottage gardeners is that they grow as much of their gardens vertically as possible. The traditional cottage gardeners were not as financially well endowed as others. Because they had small tracts of land, they needed to grow as much of their gardens upward as possible. Cottage gardeners grew roses…