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RE: Homesteady updates, plans, and whatnot
Yay! A Farmer Sam photo!
Any ideas why North hugel isn't doing well?
That's cool the mulberries,e tc neutralize the black walnut exudation.
With the Lyme cognitive issues, that's why my gardens are SO organized. It's just too hard for me to function in them if they are disorderly. No memory of what's where, etc...
Loved the update!
Sam has been working hard on learning how to get around out there. Especially in the food forest, it's strange because anywhere you step could be something that doesn't need stepped on.
I think I don't have enough soil on the north hugel. It covered well at first, but there's a lot of air pockets now that it's settled. I'll add more soil after harvest though, and it's to be expected that the first year in this kind of system is the least productive.
I'm thinking now, and I've got seven or eight distinct spaces within the forest that could be used for specific plantings. Using what I've learned this year, I'll utilize those spaces better next year. I like this three sisters setup, and I think I'll do similar things next year. Maybe an okra/cucumber bed and a corn, Malabar spinach, and potato bed or something along those lines. The coplanting model really makes sense in this small of an area. I'll need to look and see how the harvest times will stack too. It'll be a fun project, as always. :)
But what I'm trying to avoid is the "where the heck did I plant that thing" effect that I've got now. And the "woah, I didn't know I put that there" effect. It makes things hard to harvest and keep an eye on. Our green beans are my prime example. A lot went to "waste" (no such thing as waste as that's all seeds to plant, but we didn't get to eat them) because of how broadly I planted them. Learning a lot this year. Learning a lot.
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