Fallow

fal·low

adjective /ˈfalō/  (of farmland) Plowed and harrowed but left unsown for a period in order to restore its fertility as part of a crop rotation or to avoid surplus production - incentives for farmers to let the land lie fallow in order to reduce grain surpluses

SORRY ... I have not been posting, because since late August, nothing has grown and the garden has gone fallow. I decided not to do a fall crop because I was so busy with the new dog, Captain, but I am really looking forward to getting my fingers back in the soil this winter to start growing again. 

I just purchased my winter crop seeds. I am going to start out with mache, sugar snap peas, spinach, beets, turnips, rainbow Swiss chard, lettuce, carrots, and a few others that I may be forgetting. I would also like to start some garlic and potatoes, but I have not bought them yet. 

I will probably start prepping my soil in about 2 weeks. This will entail buying probably four or five '2 cubic feet' bags of high quality, organic vegetable gardening soil that has NOT been sterilized, and a bag of spent/composted chicken droppings. I will also be adding some 'black gold' or what non-farmers call worm poo. We made it right her at home and its ready to go into my soil this year, finally after a year of waiting. Lastly, I will just adding some of Stella Bell's (our duck) poop along with some of her straw bedding. Once mixed together in a wheel-barrel, I will simply add it to the top of my beds, and chop it into the existing soil with a shovel and hoe!