https://davidbach.net/wiki/ 2026-05-30T13:11:25+00:00 https://davidbach.net/wiki/ https://davidbach.net/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.png text/html 2014-09-24T16:38:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:cultivate:cover&rev=1411576703&do=diff Protecting In this section I'm talking about ways to protect growing plants from physical hazards, including frost and weather-related events. text/html 2019-01-10T18:21:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:cultivate:intro&rev=1547144494&do=diff Cultivation Thoughts about growing healthy vegetables. The idea of cultivation.... * low-till philosophy * tasks that I repeat * ways to protect plants text/html 2014-07-24T01:00:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:cultivate:lotill&rev=1406163645&do=diff Low-till gardening Not no dig No dig or low till is one approach to gardening. This type depends on some sort of mulch to suppress weeds. This isn't the low till I'm talking about. Here in the Pacific Northwest mulch beds are the best incubators for slugs and wood lice. I have enough pressure from these without building comfy places for them to live and reproduce. text/html 2025-10-03T23:43:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:cultivate:pests&rev=1759534993&do=diff Pests In my humble opinion, it's enough to work through preparing soil, planting, weeding, watering, tending and harvesting. But there are things who incessantly chomp, damage, disfigure and sometimes kill plants or fruits. In my gardens I'm talking about slugs, snails, beetles, powdery mildew, blight and so on. text/html 2025-12-29T18:52:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:cultivate:sidebar&rev=1767034334&do=diff Cultivation * Home * Cultivation * Low-till * Revisited * Tools * Caring for tools * Broadfork movie * Soil * Types of "Regular" soil * Other "soils" * Pseudo soils * Fertility * Remineralization * Those who live there * Tasks * Propagation * Seed starting * Potting * Transplanting * Cool weather plants * Heat-loving plants * Planting outdoors * Photo gallery * Watering * When? * D… text/html 2025-12-29T18:32:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:cultivate:soil&rev=1767033171&do=diff Soil Would an organic gardener be without soil? Only in the soil do we have the opportunity to provide the full range of nutrients, organic matter, fungi, bacteria and micro-organisms that make healthy vegetables. Articles in this topic relate to the physical composition of soil and to the indefinable quality of fertility. text/html 2014-10-12T23:52:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:cultivate:tasks&rev=1413157930&do=diff Gardening tasks Gardening is about tasks. Things to do from weeding to fertilizing, planting, weeding, watering, weeding, protecting from predators, weeding, harvesting, weeding, composting, and preparing for the next season. You see I have a bit of a thing about weeds and weeding. Read on. text/html 2019-01-16T02:03:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:cultivate:tools&rev=1547604205&do=diff Tools I keep it simple: I have a minimum of tools, and only one has a gasoline engine -- and I fire it up only in a real pinch. Diamond hoe [Diamond hoe from Red Pig Garden Tools. The name Red Pig Garden Tools is a registered trademark of R.Z and R.K. Denman, Boring, Oregon 97009]My most used tool is a diamond hoe. I have two, one with a long (72“) handle I use standing up and another with a short handle I use kneeling for working close to plants. I slide the diamond-shaped blade parallel to …