No Till Garden - I don't think so

The Potatoe Patch (one of them)

This is one section of my garden, there are six in total.  If you want to know the reason why my potatoe patch looks so good is because 1) the picture is taken from fairly far away to try and hide the weeds and 2) I used my little tiller.  There I said it, I till my garden.  I know there are many out there who believe in a no till garden and I have thought a lot about it but with my garden being new and made from a hay field there is just way too much top soil in it to not till.  Within 3 days there is grass everywhere.

My Tiller

Notice the fields in the background, that's what my garden looked like this spring.  So for this year and probably next I say YES to tilling.





This is another section of my garden that is starting to sprout some wonderful veggies, in a couple days my radishes will be ready to eat.

It was around plus 35 degrees C here today so while I tilled Seth played in the pool.  Then after an hour of tilling I joined him as well.  A kiddie pool can be refreshing for someone over 5 ft tall!

I planted parsley and mint this year and have garlic cloves from last year.  I used all in a spaghetti sauce I made last night.  I just couldn't wait to go out and pick fresh herbs, so yummy.



And of course like any good farmer from Ontario you have to have a rhubarb patch.  We actually destroyed our original because I kept running over it with the lawn mower, Oops!  So I took this transplant from my parents patch and put it in my garden.  I read in one of my books that you can make rhubarb wine so maybe once my patch gets big enough I'll try brewing some wine from it.  For now pies it is.

Happy gardening.