Hi, great first post, Mauldintiger! It's great that you have that much room, to expand into.
Would you say that you like the no-till method after having tried it?
Have you used it long enough to tell whether your soil resists compaction that way?
Have you gone over to some kind of automated irrigation, with your enlarged garden?
>> I then found websites by Baker Creek and Southern Exposure and was hooked on heirlooms
Botanical Interests also has high-quality heirlooms, but no one can beat the quality of Baker Creek's photos.
>> i know I'm OCD, but I sure have enjoyed changing the chore of planting a few plants just to get a few fresh tomatoes into an obsession. Learned a lot over the last two years and I'm looking forward to the knowledge I gain this year.
I call the gardeners' version of OCD "O. Seed D." for "Obsessive Seed Disorder".
ATP should have a chapter of a 12-Step program for O. Seed D., but I think the Steps would include things like "Find more dry storage space for saved seeds" and "start your own nursery".
