Everything is Planted

Everything is planted, at least until the corn comes up. 

• Kitchen Garden
• Produce Garden

The Bump

We also planted some pumpkins and sunflowers on the soil that was displaced when the electrical line went between Riel House and the tent. We have named this area The Bump in reference to Fred Penner's "The Bump ".

Mulch - Nature's Band-Aid, Nature's Swiss Army Knife

The main path from Riel House to the tent used during rainy weather is dirt; and of course, when wet, mud. Tree and bark mulch, in this case made from last fall's prunings, has been used to cover this path. Note that the mulch stops where the path enters the Riel House historical area of 1886. At that time, paths were left as grass or covered with boards.

Of course, we have also mulched the paths in the Produce Garden and Kitchen Garden with leaf mulch to smother weeds as well as in all the flower beds to minimize weeds and to retain moisture for the plants. 

Ideally, you should never see bare earth. Nature wants to cover a bare area as quickly as possible. Usually, what grows there are called "pioneer plants" or more commonly weeds.