Send good wishes to Mrs.Pao for her kitty Perdita, who looks like our Pogo. She was missing and now she is hurt.
We've been looking into more things that we would like to grow here, and into small livestock to run on this land. It will take a lot of studying and preparation. Mark has been interested in beekeeping for years, and is studying that more now. I have thought about keeping sheep for a long time... but was about the give the idea up. It might still be doable here, but there is a lot to prepare.
We would need more fenced area, a barn with a water source etc... and I've been looking into feed crops that could be grown here and pasture grass that could be sowed in the valley. The county extension agent is sending us a package sometime this week, on all of the above.
About the barley I mentioned: it is a fall crop here in Tennessee. Perhaps what I was reading about it being a spring crop was because of the severity of Northern winters? The co-op agent here said the heat of Tennessee summers would kill it and it should be sown in September/October for the best results. That would be fitting, as our sweet corn will come off of these plots about then. Harvesting it seems to be a tricky thing as well...at least that is what this 1881 book at Wikipedia says.
We still need to do more work on the garden fences. I planted nearly everything yesterday but there is still carrots and mint that need to be put out.
2 comments:
Sounds like lots of good productive work is going on your way. I don't garden much, but Kyle does and he's been busy too.
I'm looking forward to eating the goods though. Sounds like you'll have lots of good food to eat as well!!
Thank you so much for your lovely wishes for Perdita. She is much much better now.
Your garden sounds terrific.
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