By: Joe Anderson
Hi Everyone!
Well, the new beds by the greenhouse are really filling in. The bed closer to the greenhouse is lush with quinoa, lamb’s quarters (an edible weed), and sunchokes. Squash and corn were just inter-planted in the open spaces. Because these plants grow close together, there is ample habitat for smaller animals to be protected from larger predators. In the patch of lamb’s quarters by the central path, we find a happy surprise: a tiny birds nest, completely inaccessible to cats and invisible to most people. We want birds to live in our garden; they eat insects, keeping pest populations in check, and transform these pests into valuable plant nutrients in the form of poop. Keep your eyes open in the garden, you never know what you’re going to find!
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