sunny donkey herder on Nostr: I replanted the snow pea bed in beets today. I’ve been snapping off the vines and ...

I replanted the snow pea bed in beets today. I’ve been snapping off the vines and bringing them in the house for the rabbits and guinea pigs, so there were only a few more vines to grab. This bed is in a good state to try no-dig principles: the soil is rich loam, and the peas left their nitrogen fixing bacteria in the soil. I’d planted the peas in a double row, but the beets should be fine in a triple row, so I didn’t have to disturb very much. I left most of the roots undisturbed, but this one that got yanked out has the coolest nodules! I buried it, and the last bits of pea greens, in shallow trenches along the bed sides.
#gardening #bacteria #nodig