An enviable life guys. We have had a small garden that we've cultivated for a few years but seem to struggle with getting much output from it. Do you monitor soil health and acidity in your setup or is it more of a low tech, volume operation. I'm wondering how technical home food production needs to be in order to be relied upon for consistent output.
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Its only really technical to start off. I always recommend people test their soil. Usually your country govt. extension office will do this for you for free if you bring them samples. Lime if you need to and then start adding manures. Rabbit manures is best. Goat and Sheep manure is good too. Horse is good but will bring in lots of weeds. Chicken and Cow is usually too hot and needs to be composted first. Bottom line if you keep adding natural compost materials, your garden will have most of the nutrients to be successful. But its always good to get it tested first. Some people test every year but I don't.
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Thats a good suggestion. I harvested my first crop of garlic 2 weeks ago. Thay are drying right now, but I have a sence they might not be as garlicky as I hope for them to be. Soil sampling for fruits or vegtables that require a higher or lower Ph is always a good idea to know where your starting at.
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I'll post pictures of this year later. The tops haven't really started dying yet.
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