



Decided to go over it again with the plow, perpendicular to how i did it before. Then went over it hard with the harrow several times. After each pass i picked rocks and put them on the old fence along the property line, then did another go around with the harrow. Had to take a few breaks to lay down as its hard on my metal spine.
Then i filed up the hoe to have a good edge for the season and started laying out 20 ft rows and planting them.
Going to be a 2 day job at this rate.
4 rows of buttercrunch lettuce and cherrybelle radish, 3 rows of brussel sprouts, 10 rows of nobel spinach, 3 rows of danvers half long carrots.
Still gotta put in the Golden acre cabbages, green arrow peas, purple top turnips, rutabagas, and Detroit beets. I don't expect much from the peas, just putting them in since i have seed (very old seed), every time i try peas the vermin wipe them out (deer, rabbit, woodchuck, etc) so between being old seed (2012 stock) and the vermin i doubt i will get anything but I'm putting them in anyway. If nothing else it tends to draw the vermin away from other stuff long enough for my dogs to either run them down or chase them off.
Laid out in rows based on watering, i won't water the peas, long growing stuff won't be watered unless they really need it but can be allowed a few dry days (pressure canning softens up beets and turnips). The salad stuff will be watered regularly.
I'm hoping to load up on Cesar salads, roast radishes, etc late spring and early summer.
Still too early to plant summer crops but that stuff will get even less watering, and will be 3 times as large an area or bigger.
I may put in onions too, but i have no sets nor a way to get any till next month, i will leave space for them. For salads i can use walking onions, assuming they don't run away lol.
by elonmusktheturd22
2 Comments
Why plow and harrow?
Just make planting beds, and add compost. That way you’re building the soil and feeding all the microbial life that makes nutrients available to plants. Plus, less work.
Or is that the ultimate plan anyway?
I run an organic vegetable farm and we grow basically everything you’re mentioning here in quantity, and thats how we do it.
Do you plant turnips in that spot during winter?