Cool Website

I just was emailed a link to the Veggie Trader, a website for people with excess veggies so they can barter them with gardeners in their area. Its a nifty idea, hopefully more people will start using it so that we can all fill up our plates.

We've been really busy in the Growcology garden, we've planted all the rest of our bean and tomato seedlings in the solarized bed, and today we're looking to finish the "Three Sisters" guild bed as well. We'll be using the layout recommended by Renee's Garden for our first attempt at recreating North America's first polyculture guild, and as we finish our welcome area we'll try some variations on it.

Speaking of which, we're completely remodeling the welcome area to the workshop space in the barn. We're incorporating permeable walkways made from wood chips, spiral planting areas irrigated with well-water, and planting a variety of summer crops and herbs that will illustrate various symbiotic relationships between plants. The melons, squash, pumpkins, cucumber, tomatoes, corn, eggplants, and other veggies we plant will be ready throughout the summer and fall, while our spring garden is already providing us with more veggies than we know what to do with.