Nice harvest !

The Ruth Stout method is really amazing. And it also works with other vegetables.

So far I’m using it for zucchinis, tomatoes, corns, eggplants, squashs and beans.

Using hay (fresh grass and dried ones) if you have a large garden is really nice.

Hoe, sickle and scythe.

Thanks for the suggestion. It was really hard this year to plan a garden without seeing to big for a first timer.

But yeah, onions would be nice.

It really amazed me how corns are growing even if I do not water them. The experiment will be renewed next year in a larger bed.

Scything is great. Previously I had a tractor mower and one day, after several hickups, repairs, it brokes and I had enough.

I invested in a a good scythe (wood adjustable handle, and a blade from one of the last edge-tool maker in Europe). 2000m² takes quite some time but I let the field to be much taller than I used to do with a mower. In 2023 I only scythed one time (I am starting the second round just now). I also have a small manual mower (helicoid/spiral blade) wich I also use just in my yard.

And for a bonus: no gasoline, no smell, no sound !!!

Sometime they can bloom with a little offset on the same plant.

That’s why it’s good to have a few plants to create interactions between them.

Female flowers can also be fertilised by hand.