September 2017 ~ Tomatoes overrun Arizona gardens in late summer. We were warned! Oven dried tomatoes are an easy way to preserve the luscious bounty.
Mud-and-Water Woman (aka. Cynthe) grew an organic vegetable garden this summer. Over a decade since our last one, Bill (sweet hubby) assembled the raised beds, after MMW and her garden angels – Kaitlin and Janet had done all the prep. We leveled the garden area, weeded, lay down metal hardware cloth (as a gopher deterrent) covered with a woven weed barrier to keep running grasses from taking over. Once the beds were assembled, Kaitlin and Janet mixed river bottom soil from Prescott Dirt and Wilby’s compost 50/50 shoveling it over a 8-12in deep layer of hardwood prunings (mainly oak from the property) to promote mycorrhizal fungi, which support plant health and vitality. (Learn more about HugelKultur science and applications here.)
Being experimentally inclined, Mud-and-Water Woman planted 9 types of unusual tomatoes: Berkeley Pink Tie-Dye, Black Vernissage [read more…]
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Thanks! Kella