In other news, we've planned out where the garden will go for next year and we're hoping it will be close to the size we removed from our house in town. The veggie mix will focus on things that don't need daily maintenance since we likely won't be living at the farm full time for the entire garden season. Some things we're just going to grow for seed for the following year due to their harvest requirements (green beans fall in this category - we likely won't have the hours needed to pick, snap and can or freeze them this year, but we can grow out enough seed to plant a big crop in 2014). We'll have our garden mainstays though - tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, chard, onions, garlic, leeks, spinach, celery, sweet potatoes, regular potatoes, corn, black beans, cabbage, broccoli, green peas, melons and some other things. It will be wonderful to have fresh vegetables again!
Along with the usual garden planning and seed selecting, we're having to devise a fencing strategy. Not only are there plenty of deer and cayotes on the farm, but our neighbors have wonderful free range ducks and chickens that would also love our veggies. Since we hope someday to have our own ranging poultry, I'm not complaining at all! Just pointing out that we have to be realistic about where we're at. ;-) Many options are being discussed and weighed against each other, but we haven't landed on the exact right solution yet.
There will be more details on this upcoming as we set up our seed starting stand again and go through the renewed annual rythm of the garden. I can't wait!
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