In today’s Part 3. Interview with Barbara about gardening, we cover soil and her low tech greenhouse. Note that Barbara was an exemplary gardener here in Boulder, but has relocated to Washington State along the Columbia River. This series of interviews mostly covers her garden here in Boulder but draws upon her lifetime experience of [...]
Photo credit: Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum, Lancaster, PA It’s that time of year. We can easily imagine how perfect our garden will be this time around. And we see so much hope in the seeds we’ve already selected. I’ve put together some photos to show creative kitchen gardens that may help inspire you [...]
Please note that this is the fourth of a special four-part series here at Big Picture Agriculture listing and describing methods for producing more crop per drop in farming. This Part 4 post lists methods 26 through 35. 26. Pumps for Irrigating It wasn’t until motorized pumps powered by fossil fuels were used to irrigate [...]
