trishecortani

I am a sustainable farmer living in Upstate SC where things are very dry right now. It seems that when the mountain rains come in from the northwest, they fragment apart just before heading down towards our valley. We have turned to meadow methods to use mounding effects to shade out weeds and keep the soil hydrated. This really helps to ward off kudzu from rapidly growing in the fields.

Although not native perennials, our vegetables have done very well bunched close, close together with different types of friendly flowers to ward off pests. I view this close-knit gardening somewhat like the method that we use to keep our pastures beautiful throughout the seasons with rolling grasses swaying in the breezes and every pretty shade of tan and green you could imagine painted on every leaf.