certain things need row covers to keep the god damned bunnies from devouring seedlings before they get a chance to form leaves.
beans pretty much require it, anyway w this cold.
i mulch like mad, because i am in the watershed of lake michigan, and this sandy soil can really move. i have hugelbeds, and use those slopes. lettuces and berries are my fave for that so far. also a good place for perennial herbs, esp parsley, w their long roots.
i add woodchips by the truckload, as i have 25 plus years of weed seed burden. already feeling the climate there, tho. there is a shortage of straw here this year. i couldnt get any from my regular purveyor.
i do seedlings as much as possible, since my plant sale is one of my annual things. and i just need a jump on the short season.
this year i need to do most of my squash family from seeds. got a good market cuke, but lost the rodent battle w my fave cuke, and my melons.
it makes me worry twice as much to see the climate science not only being denied, but now being actively destroyed.
how this country has let down the world, the planet, under this clown.
but i am curious about your self made tools. tell me more.
and do you think that there are old time tools out there that could help mid-size farmers these days?
what would help you cope?
urban ag is brimming w "internships", mostly unpaid. i rail about that to the point of getting nasty grams about it.
i do understand that we are still at a point where we are just growing our markets, and money is still scarce. but i do wish there were more formal programs where we could really move the sector forward. there are some, and they are growing, but it is still pretty wild west.
when the people get their govt back, a civilian conservation corp type program for small ag would be an awesome investment in surviving this crisis.
what could such a program do for you?
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