Another awesome post, @thelaundrylady.
I love the idea of combining the garden update with the health info.
I realize there's a whole lot to learn from you :0) Using what you call 'cover crops' is still one of my weak points. At the moment, I'm struggling with filling up the empty spaces after harvesting. My knowledge is still too limited to make the most of it.
Here in Belgium, we don't have such a long season. At the moment, we're suffering from severe drought and high temperatures, but a week from now it could start pouring rain and temperatures could drop significantly.
But I should do some more studying about second (and maybe even third) crops to plant.
And look at those tomatoes... I don't think I've ever seen tomatoes that big 🍅
By the way: congrats on the Curie vote :0)
Thank you! I am growing mineral rich, nutrient dense food to stay healthy, so I think it's good to include the info on what all these wonderful fruit and vegetables do to keep us alive and vibrant. Glad you like it.
Cover crops are very important in my food forest. I use different cover crops in the Summer compare to what I use in the colder, Winter months. I get tomatoes this large because I use cover crops to feed the soil and add back nutrients for the crops that follow. It makes a major difference from my experience. I wrote a post on cover crops when I first joined Steemit. If you are interested in reading it, here is the link. The second and third photos in the post show the exact cover crops I used prior to planting my tomatoes this year. The largest tomato you saw in the photo of my food forest update in July came from this bed. I swear by the power of cover crops after seeing what they can do. Maybe I should do another post on it to share what I have learned. It is a super cheap and effective way to keep the soil fertile.
I can't live in an area where there is only a short growing season. I need my garden therapy, lol. The problem in our area is our Winter can get crazy. It's freezing one day and Spring like the next. Our fruit trees get tricked and bud out too early then the blossoms get killed by the cold temp again. I wish I live on a tropical island without freezing temp :-)
@thelaundrylady, thanks for the link to that post about cover crops.
I really need to read up and learn more about how to provide the soil with nutrients.
Somehow, I never manage to get to that.
I can feel you on the tropical island idea, lol.
There would be so many sorts of fruit I would be able to grow.... fruits that I can only dream of here in Belgium... :0)