Garden Plan

Missouri Planting Calendar

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

Southeast Corner - Summer 2012

Food Plan: Fall 2012

• 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

• 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: 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
• Book Resources (.PDF) from Graham