@chgowiz my wife plants a plenty at her lot, but it seems like getting something to grow is another matter entirely. I am impressed when someone makes something grown and produce. I guess I am really far removed from my farming forefathers!
You'd laugh at the notes I keep, and the math I do to calculate water flow from my hose/sprayer, so I know how long to water if I'm watering 3x/week to get to the recommended 25mm of water per week.
But failure to plan is planning to fail and all that, so I keep trying, taking notes and seeing what works.
@chgowiz really! That's impressive. Considering how people back in the days did this for a living, keyboard cowboys like me probably seriously underestimate what it takes to farm enough to live by...
@AndreasDavour I think bitd, this was knowledge passed on by experiencing at a younger age and/or from folks who knew.
I have books that I refer to, and my own notes, but yea, learning by doing and planning and seeing what went well.
There's a good reason that the Industrial Age changed the way we live so dramatically. Went from subsistence/community farming dependency based life to what we know now.
@chgowiz looking good! I got a tour of a community garden near me recently & started thinking about what to grow at home vs there. Any thoughts on factors to consider?
@twt For me, I can't really grow much in my backyard, as it's almost always in dappled/full shade. There's a tiny corner that gets > 6 hrs of sun, so I put a tomato in a bucket there to see how it goes. All of my veggies are going to be at the community garden.
I went and got two plots so I'd have enough room, but I was fortunate to be able to afford that (they charge a small fee for water/they lease the land).
It's also 5 min drive/15 min walk, so I can go there alot.