mulch

the time had come to cut back and mulch the asparagus and yams and today seemed as likely a day as any so i went to campus to put the garden to bed for winter....about two and a half hours of work took care of it ( a bit more work this year since i mulched the zea diploperennis in an act of pure optimism )...i took out the trellises...cut back the plants and had at it...once again i laid down a layer of organic matter ( actually humus i picked up at lowes...i never seem to be able to produce enough compost at home to cover my needs...i may have to convert a larger portion of the yard to compost production...this is one of the reasons i have started working with green manures and winter wheat [ and i may look into rye next year] to create organic matter without the ordeal of composting...more on that as i fill my raised bed in the back yard ) and covered it with straw and fastened down landscaping fabric to hold it in place...it has worked well the last two winters and it keeps thing neat...which seems to count on campus...mulching here at home is a different story...it' where all the stuff i dragged home from campus goes....so it's time to do some serious reading for both new ideas for direction and for a second independent study paper...there's still the indoor zea diploperennis project ( new growth on both plants under the grow light and some serious work on a watering schedule ) and the apple trees ( which still haven't shed their leaves) to bed down for winter...more posts as things develop.