First Year Mission Statement

This first year is a kind of audition to show I can successfully produce on a larger scale and enjoy it. Rules for myself:
1. MINIMAL CAPITAL INPUTS. Never buy what you can recycle, repurpose, fabricate, borrow, trade or scrounge.
2. MAXIMUM PRODUCE OUTPUTS. Make the most of available space by efficient planning, rotation and vertical growth.
3. DON'T FORGET IT'S A RENTAL. Maintain healthy pre-existing trees and sod when practical.
4. KEEP THOROUGH RECORDS. Dates, dollars, varietals, successes, setbacks - track 'em all.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

FAVA AND SISKIN

 This little pine siskin was napping in the leaf mulch this morning. I thought it was injured but if flew away when I tried to pick it up. It was back later, snacking on dandelion seeds, and didn't mind at all when I walked past just a couple of feet away. I read that pine siskins can be fearless and I often get close to them at the feeder, but this one is unusually so.
I bought these tablecloth weights 11 years ago and never used them. Now they come in handy to hold down the trellis mesh for peas and beans. Decorative, functional and repurposed!
Favas are about to bloom. Really looking forward to it. I hear they're light with black centers. Never seen one before. 

Overall this long, cool La Nina spring has been great for my garden. I've been able to get away on weekends and let the rain take care of the watering, and all of my cool crops are happy.
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