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not sure which part you wanted elaboration on, but my bed is just petit pois peas, red and white clover and winter wheat for the peas to climb on. Buckwheat is a summer cover crop hpwever and thrives on warm weather. For a fall cover crop I use the soil builder mix I get from Peaceful valley...

It all has to do with the carbon:nitrogen ratio. the decomposers synthesize enzymes to break down materials, enzymes are protein based and require nitrogen to be produced. So a c:N ratio of 25:1 or better is needed for a decent heat up. The steam produced is rich in ammonia, which is notrogen...

This year I expanded the garden to 50 x 150 and so I have a massive soil improvement project on my hands, as well as a lot more rock picking then I anticipated. So I am trying to make a bed do some serious double duty. I bought a lb of petit pois peas and planted a mixed bed of peas, white and...

I got my fava beans from peaceful valley farm supply for 2.80 a lb. I plant it both by itself and added to a soil builder mix I buy from the same source. The soil builder mix is bell beans, vetches, biomaster peas and has a tall oat for the other things to trellis on.

It also depends on pile size and the carbon to nitrogen ratio. My normal compost bin with garden and kitchen wastes takes months to finish. But, I ahve also built piles of horse manure and hay and had a pile steam, get real hot and finish in 3 weeks with 3 turnings during the process. I...

8 ft tee posts and 7ft deer fencing, although I have used shorter tee posts and attached extensions to them with tie wire and and made an open mesh weave from twine, but it is tedious and I am getting lazy in my old age. And a good romano pole bean is so good and so productive, and I am growing...

All we are saying, is give peas a chance. sorry, couldn't resist

I have always loved the cages made from concrete mesh. a 150 ft roll of the stuff is about a hundred bucks and I use it for so many things around the garden and it lasts foreever. I set my cages staggered off from one another and run wire to connect them and keep them from tipping over with a...

I use the 5 x 5 or 6 x 6 concrete reinforcing mesh to trellis my cukes. I make an a-frame from 2x4s with the mesh panels attached with fencing staples to the 2x4s. This is the way Bob Thompson did it in the "new Victory Garden and it works pretty well. You sometimes need to train them to the...