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 24, 2011

PEAS, FAVAS AND CARROTS

 Super sugar snap, golden india and blauschokker peas. In this year's garden my first priority is quick yield, second is interesting color. Most of this produce isn't going to market anywhere so I figure if I want to put color before flavor, this is the year to do it.
 Favas! I love them and didn't realize until this year that they are a cool crop. Just noticed tonight that they are full of ants. Hope that's not going to be a problem... 

Here's a stroke of good luck: the renter before me was a landscaper who left behind stacks of pavers, hunks of quartz, a big pile of compost and lots and lots of soaker hose. So the soaker hose watering my favas, peas and carrots is free to me!
Carrots. Went with the rainbow mix because I like pretty colors. Also some Parmex for quick, sweet satisfaction.
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