Ruth Stout Gardening

Are you thinking of starting an organic vegetable garden that requires no fertilizers, no watering, and best of all, no digging and soil amendments?  In that case, the Ruth Stout method is one of the easiest techniques you can try. Even for beginner gardeners, this is a fantastic way to grow your own food, using just one secret ingredient:  lots and lots of hay mulch.

The Ruth Stout gardening method involves keeping the soil covered by a thick layer of hay mulch and simply growing your vegetables in it.  It is a form of permaculture that’s also similar to sheet or lasagna gardening and allows you to create a fertile substrate that needs no digging. Ruth Stout didn’t invent perpetual mulching — it occurs naturally in forests and wild fields.  However, she was the first person to write and speak about this method, earning her the “Mulch Queen” nickname.  

How to Start a Ruth Stout Garden: 1.) Understand Your Garden Soil 2.) Know When to Start 3.) Gather Your Mulch Material 4.) Spread the Mulch 5.) Start Planting 6.) Keep Mulching View the website article for complete details for each step.

Some of the plants that grow very well in a Ruth Stout garden are: – Potatoes – Strawberries – Tomato – Pepper – Eggplants  – Cucumber – Squash and pumpkin  – Asparagus – Garlic – Onion – Pea – Beans  – Soybean – Cabbage – Lettuce  – Kale 

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