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MARCH - APRIL 2020 | CHEROKEE LIFE 17
and tilling the soil if weather permits and adding compost and other
nutrients to the soil. Similar preparations will be necessary later in
the summer for plants that grow best during the winter.
When the time comes to plant seeds, Stewart recommended
loosening the soil around where each seed will go and digging a
good-sized hole for the seed to be planted in. By loosening the
surrounding soil, the plants will have a much easier time spreading
their roots out and growing more effectively.
One final piece of advice Stewart offered to all those interested
in trying their hand at growing plants and vegetables in a backyard
garden is that, if something doesn’t work the first time, try again.
Everything in farming can be a gamble, he said, so patience and the
willingness to keep trying are important things to have.
Despite all the work it can take to successfully have a home
garden, be it for flowers or vegetables, Stewart said the end result
can be a majorly rewarding experience. For example, it can help
make children more likely to want to try various kinds of vegetables
they might not otherwise be so keen on eating. One key example
Stewart gave of this is that, during the farm camps for children
Rockin’ S holds every summer, the children in attendance are not
only interested in learning more about the plants they find growing
all around them, but also are usually more than willing to eat these
vegetables when offered to them. If nothing else, it can give the
satisfaction of knowing you were able to nurture your plants and see
them go from a tiny seed in the ground to a fully grown and healthy
plant, all under your care.
Tim Stewart of Rockin’ S Farm holds up
a cabbage he grew during the winter
months. Cabbage is one vegetable
that grows fairly easily in the soil of
Cherokee County.
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