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He came to the farm from a barn cat program and was an absolute terrifying monster until one day, he wasn’t.

Last fall, I spread a thick (4-8”) layer of old hay mulch over most of this spot, threw a silage tarp on top, and walked away. I wasn’t really sure how it would work - one of the things that stuck with me from the @notillgrowers podcast was that sometimes it is best to till once to break the ground and then go from there - but when we pulled the tarp back the hay had almost completely decomposed thanks to thousands of earthworms. What was left was so soft and fluffy and easy to work with - it took almost no time to transplant all the tomatoes and peppers. Covered the soil back with another thick layer of hay - looking forward to seeing how it goes this summer.

Had to decide between potting up the tomatoes and peppers or putting them in the ground... decided to put them in the ground. Then checked the forecast to see severe thunderstorms and lows in the 40s and one of 39 for this week. We have wind breaks that hopefully cushioned them from the 70mph winds that just blew through and frost protection will be laid to help them through the next week. (The deep mulch presents the potential problem of keeping the ground too cool, but I’m willing to risk it to keep ahead of weeds/keep the soil covered/not have to add it when it’s 100 degrees... or so I tell myself as I will worry about it for the next month.)

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