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=Southeast Corner - Summer 2012=
Some of what we'll be planting in 2013:
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=Food Plans=
 
'''Rabbit plan showing specific numbers + timeline for acquisition, breeding, grow out, and harvest from Monday until March 1 (end of winter).
'''
*Opal Doe: born May 2 - $10
**Potential for breeding starts: November
**She’ll probably be anestrus (not cycling) from October-February.  Individual and weather-dependent.
**Potential for litter: December, ~7 kits
**Market weight reached after 2 months
**Earliest Harvest: early February
 
*Adult brood New Zealand doe - Maysville, picking up Wednesday night - $30 bred
**Potential for breeding starts: now
**Potential for litter: September, ~9 kits
**She’ll probably be anestrus (not cycling) from October-February.  Individual and weather-dependent.
**Market weight reached after 2 months
**Earliest Harvest: Early November
 
*Total winter potential yield:
**excellent manure
**20-23 kits ~ 20 potentially
**20 kits x 5 lb market weight = 100 lbs carcass x 48% dressing yield = 48 lb meat
**potential for future generations, more brood does, etc.
*Total Costs:
**$70 = $1.43/lb meat plus manure
**labor
 
'''Feeding strategy for winter rabbit'''
 
*Forage, baled clover/weeds, food scraps/green compost from 6-8 people
 
'''Rabbit housing plan for winter.'''
 
*We can set them up in the chicken house or move some barrels in the greenhouse to make room for them.
 
'''Cow housing plan for winter and timeline for build.'''
 
**Easy/Instant: T posts, cow panels making a pen in sheltered east end of old workshop/under the shade.
**Holzer-style:
***needs earth mover, logs, pond liner, labor
***procedure: choose site, move earth, cut and bury logs, line, cover with earth
***benefits: permanent, aesthetic
***it would be up where future pasture is going to be, in the NE
***potential problems:  
****water transmission (buried line from pond or well to where is.  can be solved by adding rain catchment to her shelter.)
****she should be close to her food (solved by baling hay and stacking it near shelter, under tarp)
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'''Winter greenhouse construction plan for winter and timeline for build.'''
 
'''Winter outdoor crop plan and timeline.'''
*Winter wheat: seed late September/early October
*Barley if the season continues to be so dry
*No-till seeding: seed balls and cut weeds to lay on top of seeds
'''Winter greenhouse crop plan.'''
*Citrus grove greenhouse:
**dwarf citrus
**native wood frame (sawmill)
**simple design so that it can be easily sourced and built
**rain catchment off of surface stored or diverted into an inner ditch to feed trees
*Horto Domi
**we have winter-ready panels to swap out
**greens and veggies, brassicas
*Greenhouse
**dwarf trees
**brassicas in half barrels
 
'''Winter outdoor crop equipment requirements.'''
*Hay: mower, rake, baler
*Wheat/grains: scythe or combine
 
'''Key line plowing technique and timeline; with particular attention to plow hookup to tractor and which plow we will use'''
*single-spade plow
*needs testing, possible a subsoil blade attachment if spade doesn't dig deep, I'd like to cut in at least 6"
*needs to attach onto back of Lifetrac, low and centered
*Spader fits inside wheel tracks: 60" or less
*back bar - welded onto Lifetrac.  Need to source materials and design.
*timeline - half a week for testing and development, one week for plowing
**should be done after harvest time, before planting time
*locations: everything east of the trees avoiding the garden, buildings, and deep ruts
'''Timeline and budget for contracting a pond.'''
Dennis Brinton is coming on-site to talk numbers in the next couple of weeks, he’s doing a pond right now and has an opening after.  He said sometime when it’s not too hot, after his current job is done, in the evening.  He’s going to call me to set a date.  He’s been in the business since the 70’s.
**Brinton Construction CO, Gower, MO: 18163901660
*Estimates:
**Our site potential: .25 acre
**1-3 weeks if we contract, 1 month if we rent on weekends (cheaper), 6 weeks with LifeTrac given unexpected delays
**Small ponds can easily range from $10,000 to $20,000 per acre or more, while larger ponds (10 acres or more) can range from $1,000 to $5,000 per acre or possibly even less for ideal sites.
**Figure $1.50 - 3.50 per yard of material depending on the difficulty of excavation and costs specific to local market conditions]
***1 acre=43560 sq feet x 10 ft deep = 435600 ft^3 = 145200 m^3
 
'''Detailed garden plan up to one foot resolution for root crop plant out and greens plant out (fall crops) assuming access to irrigation. Show timeline and assume the two fenced areas.'''
*Greenhouse: half barrels and planters for greens and vegetables
*Horto Domi: brussel sprouts, beets, cabbage, dill, bush beans, spinach, broccoli, and cauliflower
**30 sq ft
*Roots garden: sweet potatoes, turnips
*Grains and Veggies garden: lettuce, brassicas, beets, turnips
**768 sq feet
'''Detailed irrigation plan assuming zero rainfall in the next 45 days. Include water source, hose/tubing layout, fittings, spigots.'''
*Source: well water pumped into rain catchment barrels, pumped in any direction using a pump (submersible or otherwise)
*Tubing: black poly hose running from rain catchment to the SE
*Splitter with ball valves connecting to two garden hoses
*Another poly tube running from rain catchment to the roots garden for watering sweet potatoes and half barrels
*Conservation strategies
**mulch
**strategic planting (planting less thirsty plants outside
'''Sheep plan - numbers, fencing, winter feeding plan and cost. Budget for acquisition and sourcing.'''
'''Sheep wool quality management plan given our rough foliage.'''
*Haven’t seen a lot of thistles that I usually run into, it isn’t one of my biggest concerns, considering we’ll be processing on-site.  Professional shearers and mills won’t accept wool with certain burrs, but we can work with almost any range of wool quality, it just changes processing time and procedure.
*Seed softer, more useful, tastier forage plants: alfalfa, more clover, native grasses to compete with the pricklies
'''Wool harvest plan including shearing process, carding, spinning, weaving - with equipment sourcing, budget, timeline, and yield calculations for wool, yarn, and cloth yardage weaved.  Work with OSLoom people.'''
 
'''In Fall'''
*Seed grains before it freezes: wheat, barley, rye, oats
**aiming for at least 3 acres
**no-till: seed balls
**harvest plan: OS combine, plan b is scythe
*Plant turnips, spinach, brassicas, bush beans
**SE corner
**Scatter seeds, trim weeds down to mulch, spread some straw for water retention
**Irrigation made possible by being close to greenhouse/wellwater, in case we get no rain
*Cut hay for the cow over winter
*Hoping to get at least 1 litter out of the rabbits, also sourcing more does
'''Animal Foods'''
*Rabbits
**Currently sourcing more does on Craigslist
**We should have at least one litter before winter, those will grow through winter and we'll eat them after a few months.
*Second Dairy Cow
**Dairy Milker needed
**After Goodcow calves, if she has a male we should go ahead and buy a second cow.  If she has a heifer calf we should raise that one to be a dairy cow.
*Pigs
**Infrastructure: pallet fence, water
**Location: forest strip
*Sheep - dual purpose breeds
**Blue Faced Leicester
**Local breeds
**Infrastructure necessary: pallet fence, water
**Location: top of the hill on East side of the trees
 
 
==Materials==
 
What we need:
*Bulldozer: either rented or developed on-site
*Single-spade plow hookup for LifeTrac
*Ripper attachment for the double-spaded plow
 
===To do===
'''IN PROGRESS'''
'''*Survey'''
'''*Site Plan'''
'''*Source bulldozer'''
'''*Augment LifeTrac'''
*Dig, dig, dig (ponds, swales, cellar, keyline)
'''*Amend soil'''
*Plant
*Reap what we sow:
**Pallet fence
**Edible fences
**Fruit and nut trees
**Vines (grapes, berries)
**Food and medicinal plants
**Polyculture vegetables
**Experimental cash crops: brussels, endives
**Experimental food diversification: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moringa_oleifera Moringa trees]
 
Nitrogen-fixing shrubs:
*cuttings from natives around: falltime
*Partridge Pea
*False Wild Indigo
*Climbing rose (on site)
*Elaeagnus angustifolia (on site)
 
In Time:
*Spreading manure (up to 20 tons/acre)
**Sources: Teddy Pankau (dairy) and Tim (horse)
**Chickens as flock grows and matures
*Compost (from pile on-site)
*Worm Tea/Castings (develop vermiculture)
*Bio Char (from trees on-site)
*Spreading hay
*Mulching and edible mushroom inoculation
 
Requires bulldozer:
*Root Cellar/Shroom House
*Dig Swales and berms (hugelkultur)
*Dig ponds (water loving natives, watercress, cat tails)
 
===Sources===
*Lost Creek Farm Supply: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=lost+creek+farm+supply&ie=UTF-8&hl=en
*Melons: Floyd Hagerman/Linda, ask Marcin for email or phone number
*Amish: Jamesport, possible seed sellers:
**Map: http://www.jamesport-mo.com/jam/Amish_Country_Map.pdf
**Chamber of commerce: 660 490-6606
**H&M Country store: 660 684-6848
**Kramer-Yoder Store: 660 684-6793
*KS Food Circle, search seed producers/heritage growers
*Seed library
*[http://www.mediafire.com/?unj6aaduy49ztbs,yy60xan2f47qdy9,qyxasdtc5eytyqb,fhgx4ag0k38hxxs,k65h12725f8om5o,hmk3hozon88gj3f,eeb3bzoo7nppzo4,9y5bbex96ls1drk,nvbtdduzdv6nzjf,6xdfemvj5n1c436 Book Resources (.PDF)] from Graham


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Latest revision as of 18:04, 21 December 2012

Missouri Planting Calendar

Thanks so much Matt! Transcribed from Tim Cokenhower via Tim Obrien.

Some of what we'll be planting in 2013:

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