Dirt Work Gardening LLC

11/09/2026

I've overwintered potatoes before and it worked out great, so I'm doing it again. Our winters are fairly mild, plus I mulch heavily.

11/07/2026

My youngest jokes that my sleeping schedule is like photosynthesis. If the sun is up, then so am I 😆 However, that means I'm falling asleep around 7 or 8 every night lol. Then I wake up at like 2am. Can't do much that early in the morning, so I've been planning for.....*drumroll, please*.....
THE SPRING PLANT SALE! 🥳

I've done my research and made my list of varieties for tomatoes, peppers, tomatillos, cucumbers, squash, eggplants, and herbs. I think we're going to do something a little different this year. Rather than selling marigolds and cosmos as starter plants, I want to give free seeds instead! They are so easy to direct sow and save seeds from, so I have been saving seeds from my own garden to give free with each purchase at the plant sale. I've also been saving okra seeds, and plan to have some to give free to those who are interested.

Be ready for spring when I'll be coming to y'all with over 800 plants, free seeds, and all your growing advice!

11/05/2026

Tromboncino squash are my new go-to! Summer and winter squash in one plant, drought resistant, SVB resistant, powdery mildew resistant, you only need 1 plant to feed your family, and they're super easy to save seeds from. Give this variety lots of room to roam and sit back and relax 😌

11/04/2026

I started a bunch of seeds today to test out some new trays I was gifted. If these do well then I'm planning to use them for starting summer seeds for the spring plant sale. I'm already planning out what varieties I want to grow for y'all, so what better time than to test out the new equipment lol. Plus this mild weather makes it so comfortable to work in the greenhouse!

11/04/2026

Saving basil seeds! It's so important to save your seeds, y'all! Growing your own food shouldn't be expensive, and saving your seeds is a way to keep your costs down for future growing seasons while also sticking it to Big Ag by giving those rich dudes a little less of your money.

11/03/2026

LOCAL PEEPS! I get asked a lot if I trim hedges, w**d eat, mow, etc. I'm not a lawncare service, but I know that there is a common misunderstanding with what I do vs landscaping vs lawncare. If you need a good lawncare service, then this is 100% who I recommend!

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10/27/2026

"I want to grow food, raise chickens, and have a whimsical space for my kids to play, but I have a small yard."

Bet.

10/24/2026

Let's attempt to talk about COVER CROPS! The science of it, the terminology you may hear but don't necessarily understand, and the cost. Bear with me 😅 I am not science-y, so I'm going to explain as best I can and will be reading off my notes. I'll list below the different plants in this seed mix, what they're good for, and also the terminology with their descriptions.

Winter wheat: soil erosion control, w**d suppression, biomass and mulch, nutrient cycling, nurse crop
Oats: soil erosion control, w**d suppression, biomass and mulch, nutrient cycling, nurse crop
Austrian winter peas: nitrogen fixation, erosion control, w**d suppression
Rapeseed: compaction control (deep taproots), nutrient scavenging, w**d suppression, pollinator forage
Clover: nitrogen fixation, w**d suppression, erosion control, pollinator forage
Rye: erosion control, nutrient scavenging, w**d suppression, compaction control, winter hardy

Nutrient cycling: continuous movement and transformation of nutrients through the soil (carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus) between living organisms, organic matter, and the mineral ground; exchange of nutrients and energy
Biomass: organic material of the plant itself
Nurse crop: planted to help establish a slower growing cover crop
Nitrogen fixation: process that converts atmospheric nitrogen gas into bioavailable nitrogen compounds like ammonia and nitrates that plants can use; plants like legumes have nodules on their roots that house rhizobium bacteria that take the nitrogen gas from the air in the soil and transforms it into ammonium and nitrates that can be used as fertilizer (a symbiotic relationship)
Nutrient scavenging: process by which living plant roots absorb leftover or mobile nutrients (like nitrates and phosphorous) from the soil to prevent them from leaching into groundwater or running off into waterways; when scavenger crops are terminated and decompose, they release those stored nutrients back into the soil for the next crops to use
Deep taproots: improve soil health by breaking through compacted soil layers, increase water filtration, and cycle deep subsoil nutrients back up to the tops of the plant to be used later... (continued in comments)

10/20/2026