Agriculture Milestones 2013

Milestones within 10 months (August 1) within 8 months (June 1) within 6 months (April 1) within 4 months (Feb 1) within 2 months (December 1) within 1 month (November 1)

Full, year round diet for 12 people

• Greenhouse built
• Single spade plow tested and implemented
• Double spade plow tested and implemented
• Keyline subsoil plowing 2012
• Edible fence planted (N line, S line, 3 acre pasture on NE corner)
• Pond dug
  • Fish stocked
• Shallow dam dug with LifeTrac (toothbar bucket)
• Horto Domi fully functioning (water hookup, planted, worms)
• Bees
• Root cellar/storm shelter/shroom house dug
• Open Source Combine

Pig

• Fence built
• Water infrastructure
• Shelter
• Pig sourced

Dairy

• Cow shelter dug and built
• Second cow bought
• Dairy Milker prototype
  • CAD
  • Bill of Materials
  • Fabrication

Hay

• Mower refurbished, adapted to LifeTrac, implemented
• Rake refurbished, adapted to LifeTrac, implemented
• Baler adapted to LifeTrac and implemented

Accessibility

• Road connecting back through front, passing pond
• Terraces around HabLab dug and planted
• Terraces on hill dug and planted

Planning

• Site plan finalized -
• Scalable, replicable model rewritten to reflect a full growing year
  • Documented: crop, acres, yield in pounds
  • Season summaries

etc

• Bat Houses
• Mushroom propagation