Soil
In 2015, we created raised beds in the Kitchen Garden and Produce Garden. That meant defined paths in between beds upon which we no longer walked and compressed the soil. We have added approximately thirty yards of aged cow manure into the gardens; we have mulched with six hundred bags of leaves. Last fall, we laid down thirty bales of wheat straw into the paths. Here is our dark and friable result:
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| Dark soil and worms |
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| Last year's leaves mulching the Kitchen Garden |
Native Plants
In 2015, we replaced a dismal dandelion-infested strip of grass in the centre of the parking lot with a full suite of randomly planted native plants. Although there are still some dandelions - and we recently spent at least one full day weeding them - the native plants are beginning to grow together and crowd out the invasives:
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| Goldenrod and Three Flowered Avens Coming Together - less room for weeds |
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| Dense canopy of native plants - remaining dandelions just off camera to the right |
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