What Makes My Garden Grow?

What Makes My Garden Grow? CROPS New Techniques “Other gardeners have asked me for years how I get so many vegetables out of a limited size garden My secret is that I flood my rows with home-brewed fertilizer ” says John Saterides Bowman S C “I cut the tops off 55-gal barrels paint them flat black and cut a 1 1/2-in dia hole near the bottom of one side into which I insert a round wood plug I stand the barrels between rows of vegetables on 8-in concrete blocks “Next I fill the drums with any manure I can find – horse cow or chicken – and then top it off with water I put a board over the top and let the sun cook the content of the black drums into compost tea Every few evenings I pull the plug to fill the rows with rich tea fertilizer and refill the drums for another day It’s easy and really pays off ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup John Saterides 266 Fernview St Bowman S C 29018

To read the rest of this story, download this issue below or click here to register with your account number.