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4 Strategies for Improving Soil Health: Garden, Farm, or Homestead

Samantha Burns May 29, 2019 September 22, 2019

Growers have 4 key strategies for improving soil health in the garden, on the farm or at their homestead. Old-school growers may balk at the concept, yet studies show that focusing on soil health can increase the efficiency and profitability of a garden or crop-field, and provides an ecological benefit …

Garden Cover-Cropping at Runamuk

Samantha Burns August 30, 2018 August 30, 2018

Last week was all about cover-cropping the garden here at Runamuk. The chickens had completed their work and I had my new broadfork, along with some seed to put down; there’s something particularly intimate and romantic about working soil, so I was especially jacked up for the project. Aside from …

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