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Autumn harvest |
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| This Sugar Pie pumpkin rests on hay so that it won't rot. But we have to harvest it before the first frost. | Sad looking tomato plants! We harvest some tomatoes, but nowhere near as many as last year. | This row of Golden Bantam corn was planted at the end of November. It has grown very well, but the cold and wet weather has set in early and many cobs won't have time to mature. | ||
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Preparations for spring |
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| We want to try "haybale potatoes". The tubers will be planted into the haybales after the bales have been prepared with liquid fertilizer. We have put the bales out early so that the hay can start to break down over the next months. | Our pig "Lukas" has finished his work in this small paddock. We want to sow green manure and the chickens can forage here in spring. Lukas is now working on the right side of the fence. | This is an area that is fenced off temporarily (see below). It has been rotary-hoed to break up the grass clods, then we sowed green manure. The green manure will be dug under by chickens in spring and we'll plant potatoes, beans and corn. Next year the area will revert to grass. | ||
| Temporary growing areas: we plan to grow broad beans, corn and tomatoes in areas fenced off temporarily. This will allow us more options for rotations and more room. We will grow poultry or horse forage in unused areas or let them revert back to grass. Permanent fencing is outlined in dark below. | ||||
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