Maple Hill Farm

Willow Bend, WV
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Our Garden
 
We love gardening.  Every year, we spend months planning out and preparing our garden beds for the Spring planting.  We do not till the soil, preferring instead to let the chickens scratch on it all fall and then loosening it with a broadfork in the spring.  By doing this, we are trying to preserve the permaculture within the soil.  We've had excellent results with this strategy the last two years. 
We do not use any chemicals on anything in our garden.  No herbicides, pesticides, or fungicides.  However, we do add ample organic material to our garden beds several times each year. One of the best books we have read on the subject of decomposition/composting/mulching is Let it Rot by Stu Campbell.  We highly suggest reading it if you are interested in beginning your own compost bin(s) to supplement the soil for your garden. 
 

 

 

 

 

The fruits (and veggies) of our labor...