This year I learned:
1. Plastic mulch helps me with preventing soil-borne disease
2. Earthtainers are for real. Going to compare taste with same varieties growing in the ground as well.
3. The electric toothbrush pollination trick really seems to work. (No control but I'm sold).
4. I read a lot this winter about fertilization as I prepped for the Earthtainers. I learned a whole lot about fertilizing - and I thought I knew a lot before.
5. This was the rainiest June ever in Illinois. No problems with disease or flooding (raised beds and plastic mulch). Aided pollination with the buzzing (wasn't seeing much until I did).
Best thing? Curious neighbors.
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