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Using Floating Row Covers

January 6, 2025Lisa Mason Ziegler

I am often asked how I use row covers on my farm. Below are the reasons to use, how to use, and when to remove. In all installation during warm-to-hot...

Want to Prevent Weeds?

March 24, 2020Lisa Mason Ziegler

I am having a bit of a hard time focusing on my work at hand. With so much swirling around on TV and devices, it’s hard. My goodness, it’s enough...

How I Use a Silage Tarp

January 23, 2020Lisa Mason Ziegler

When I started dabbling with using the silage tarp technique several years ago I didn’t understand how it could impact my gardening and farming future. It solves problems I’ve faced...

Weed-Free Seedbeds

September 21, 2019Lisa Mason Ziegler

My weed-free seedbed of Bachelor Buttons. Seeds planted directly in the garden and hoed weekly–now it is ready for mulch. If you want weed-free seedbeds for next spring—you better hop...

The Many Uses of Floating Row Covers

March 28, 2019Lisa Mason Ziegler

My fall planted garden of cool-season flowers, vegetables, and herbs safe from wind, pest, and varmints under covers. Floating Row covers can prevent so many problems in the garden, I’m...

Have a Weed-Free Season

February 27, 2019Lisa Mason Ziegler

Don’t miss the ‘How-to use the stand-up garden hoe’ video below. Last year’s string bean bed had the Garden Hoe run through it once a week until the beans grew...