I’m reaching out to all the experts here in the homesteading and gardening community on steemit.

It’s time to start thinking of the garden again. Our results have never been amazing, I think a lot has to do with lack of tending over the season but I’ll also admit I don’t think our soil is amazing.

We just broke through the grass with a tiller and started from there. I don’t think the patch of ground was the best to begin with as the yard was an old trailer park, so there was actually a lot of sand and rocks. It’s a constant battle to pick rocks.

The other day I punished/recruited our son to help.

We did add a bit of chicken manure over the years as well as a few truck loads of topsoil, that never really looked that great.

The most recent suggestion was to use some premium bagged soil mix (topsoil/peat/manure) to the rows when I am planting. Then in the fall, cover the whole thing with some manure and a coat of dried leaves over top and till it in gently. And do this over the next couple years.

It sounded like pretty solid advice and I do trust the source, but it would be great to here all the advice that I can get.

My wife has totally given up and she’s moved to container gardening this year so we’d also love any advice and tips to succeed at that.

Last year I did pretty good with my tomatoes in a bucket on the porch and beat her in our head to head competition.

Here’s a last shot of the garden plot from last year.

Thanks in advance for any advice, and it’s much appreciated

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