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The flaw in this plan may be:Yes, as cute as they are- they themselves are on the fence about farm life. E is trying to work through her bug issues. She hollers like a logger with every sighting, which makes outside time...well, rather loud. S had a bad experience with a very low flying helicopter last week which has amplified his general distrust of farm equipment or aircraft. He LOVES these thing in books... just not in loudly reverberating real life. So, HE runs screaming for the house if anything flies overhead or if anyone starts a motor anywhere on the farm. And L is auditioning for a part in "Click Clack Moo" and spends most of his time trying to get off the blanket and over to munch some grass. Consequently, we have some productivity issues.
That said, we do have a nice garden in my "old area" of raised beds and now berry/potato patch (see below for what a great idea that was). We have already eaten lettuce from this garden and will soon be having new potatoes, snap peas, strawberries, herbs, leeks and more.
I have learned a couple things already- and learning in gardening requires filtering through ALLOT of information to find a concise "do/don't do" list. Here is a start on mine:
- Do use special seed starter potting soil to start your seeds. Those 200 seedlings? That took three rounds of seed planting.
- Raspberries may prefer morning sun and afternoon shade. I think I will have to move my three rows sometime next year. (and also try to not to overspray them with an herbicide)
- Apparently, potatoes and berries are not good "companion plants". I will let you know how this goes since my potato patch is between the raspberries, blueberries and strawberries.
- There may be more than one way to "harden off" seedlings. I have been gently shaking the dresser my plants are on, brushing them with duster, and have a fan set on them to simulate the wind. Mom told me that she threw the pots of starts that were on her table outside a few days ago..... They seem fine.
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