Most of my gardening has been done in southeast Ohio. I grew up helping my parents in their huge vegetable garden in the back yard. They would pound stakes on each side and run string between them to mark a straight line. Then us kids would duck-walk the entire length, planting seed corn that left a pink residue on our hands that my mom made us wash off as soon as we were done. We would follow behind my dad as he dug holes for tomato starts, filling each hole with water before plopping in the plant and covering most of it with the recently tilled clay soil.
Novice Gardening: Dealing with clay soil
Novice Gardening: Dealing with clay soil
Novice Gardening: Dealing with clay soil
Most of my gardening has been done in southeast Ohio. I grew up helping my parents in their huge vegetable garden in the back yard. They would pound stakes on each side and run string between them to mark a straight line. Then us kids would duck-walk the entire length, planting seed corn that left a pink residue on our hands that my mom made us wash off as soon as we were done. We would follow behind my dad as he dug holes for tomato starts, filling each hole with water before plopping in the plant and covering most of it with the recently tilled clay soil.