Autumn has come quickly here as well. We're making a fire this morning, and have had a few light frosts. My tomatoes, carrots and corn are still going though! I have to rescue the carrots from the chipmunks, though. They are eating them up. So much for my idea to use the ground as a carrot refrigerator! I am going to pack them in moist peat moss in the basement today, and jar the pickles I have had fermenting.
I am looking into the lasagna gardening, and other no-till methods. I also was planning to tarp the area in very early spring to prevent any grass from growing. My biggest concern with gardening methods is that they be sustainable over the long term. I have a lot of reading to do, and hippichick - it would be cool if we shared what we find works, with each other.
Oh - as for sugaring. It depends on how you do it. A serious sugaring operation is *not* what we are going to do, but we are going to look into using lines instead of buckets after talking to a few people, because our line of trees slopes downhill and we could collect it all into a container right where we'll boil it down.
This is where I got great info on backyard sugaring:
https://www.motherearthnews.com/DIY/...r_Own_Backyard
it's great.
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