Some mistakes I made in the garden this year
Things I learned the hard way in the yard this year. 1) Geese will eat everything! Not sure how we are getting around this problem but... I'm brainstorming and open to suggestions- getting rid of the geese and ducks is not currently an option (tick control for ducks and flock protection- geese) 2) While not raking the leaves may help the pollinators it kills all your grass which leads to soil loss by water in our climate- my yard is a mud-pit and I just raked wheelbarrows full of pebbles and am contemplating a slinger truck of topsoil.... 3) Do not expect the grass to bounce back after it goes brown in the heat of summer- if its grass- maybe it will work if its clover- mud-pit! 4) woodchip paths look great until chickens 5) If you forget to loophoe- you are going to pull the hard weeds and hate yourself later or eye the rototiller while weeding your asparagus patch- something it going to be sacrificed. 6) Tilling- both good and bad but kills a lot of soil microbes in established so...