Dirt Work Gardening LLC

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30 years of experience in urban farming and gardening, AAS in horticulture, small scale food production, kitchen gardens, permaculture, and food forests, licensed and insured

"I want to grow food, raise chickens, and have a whimsical space for my kids to play, but I have a small yard."Bet.
10/27/2026

"I want to grow food, raise chickens, and have a whimsical space for my kids to play, but I have a small yard."

Bet.

10/24/2026

Let's attempt to talk about COVER CROPS! The science of it, the terminology you may hear but don't necessarily understand, and the cost. Bear with me 😅 I am not science-y, so I'm going to explain as best I can and will be reading off my notes. I'll list below the different plants in this seed mix, what they're good for, and also the terminology with their descriptions.

Winter wheat: soil erosion control, w**d suppression, biomass and mulch, nutrient cycling, nurse crop
Oats: soil erosion control, w**d suppression, biomass and mulch, nutrient cycling, nurse crop
Austrian winter peas: nitrogen fixation, erosion control, w**d suppression
Rapeseed: compaction control (deep taproots), nutrient scavenging, w**d suppression, pollinator forage
Clover: nitrogen fixation, w**d suppression, erosion control, pollinator forage
Rye: erosion control, nutrient scavenging, w**d suppression, compaction control, winter hardy

Nutrient cycling: continuous movement and transformation of nutrients through the soil (carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus) between living organisms, organic matter, and the mineral ground; exchange of nutrients and energy
Biomass: organic material of the plant itself
Nurse crop: planted to help establish a slower growing cover crop
Nitrogen fixation: process that converts atmospheric nitrogen gas into bioavailable nitrogen compounds like ammonia and nitrates that plants can use; plants like legumes have nodules on their roots that house rhizobium bacteria that take the nitrogen gas from the air in the soil and transforms it into ammonium and nitrates that can be used as fertilizer (a symbiotic relationship)
Nutrient scavenging: process by which living plant roots absorb leftover or mobile nutrients (like nitrates and phosphorous) from the soil to prevent them from leaching into groundwater or running off into waterways; when scavenger crops are terminated and decompose, they release those stored nutrients back into the soil for the next crops to use
Deep taproots: improve soil health by breaking through compacted soil layers, increase water filtration, and cycle deep subsoil nutrients back up to the tops of the plant to be used later... (continued in comments)

10/20/2026
Another layout complete, with help from Bandit 💚
10/17/2026

Another layout complete, with help from Bandit 💚

10/17/2026

Save your seeds for next year! Big seed corporations, like just about everything else it seems, are corrupt as hell. Save your seeds from overripe squash and cukes, dried beans and okra pods, mature tomatoes and peppers, and dried flower heads from your herbs and bolted cool season crops. Then take it a step further. Donate your extra seeds to your local seed library.

Ladies, I do not need your help with this layout 😂Pets are part of the family, and I design with pets in mind. I'm curre...
10/17/2026

Ladies, I do not need your help with this layout 😂

Pets are part of the family, and I design with pets in mind. I'm currently working on a layout for a family with several pooches, so leaving space to run in the backyard is important. I'm still incorporating 12 fruit trees, 12 fruiting shrubs, a pollinator bed, a 270 sq ft raised bed with trellising for annual veggies, herbs, a kiwi arbor to shade the back patio, a pollinator bed, rain barrel system, and a grape trellis out of fur baby range. All of this is worked in with existing canopy trees and established pathways in a yard little more than 100'x100'.

Knowing how to use space efficiently so that all of the family and plant selection needs are met is a big part of what I do. Schedule a consultation to start your journey to growing your own food!

10/13/2026

The more beds I have planted in my yard the more food for us, habitat for native wildlife, and less grass I have to mow in the future. I also want to create planted beds in places that are otherwise difficult to mow; along a fenceline (the fencing is built-in trellis), along the ditch (we don't even have a w**d eater to get those spots easily), around the base of existing canopy trees (shade loving natives for ground cover and beneficial habitat). There is no rule that your yard has to simply be lawn! It can have visual interest through native plants that take less maintenance once they're established, grow food to feed your family and your neighbors, and facilitate the ecosystem.

10/10/2026

Put yourself in their shoes

Y'all ready to grow your own food yet?FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Expe...
10/10/2026

Y'all ready to grow your own food yet?

FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed | Trump administration | The Guardian

Regulator looks to expand loophole to allow dangerous compounds in food as long as they’re not carcinogenic

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