Sunrise Farm

I'm not new to computers but this is my first "blog" experience. Since we are really gettin goin on the farm right now, I thought I would share an experience none of you have had (yeahrightsure).

A couple of years ago I read a really cool article in a magazine on Biointensive gardening. I'm not advertising this method, just suggesting that unlike anyone else I react to "cool articles" never knowing how much work is involved, how much the cost is (my wife can tell you to the penny times ten), or if it works or not. But I did it anyway. For the smart people, Biointensive means work, period. It took me eight hours to "double-dig" (dd) just one 4' by 10' bed! There are grids and instructions and this and that, but I tried to be true with the one bed and plant as instructed. Let me file the experience under "oh well, my back is broken now and that was sure a great tomato!"

That's right, one tomato. We had more rain last year than ever before. So, I liked the idea so much I decided to do the whole plot in "dd" beds this year. So far, I finished two beds, 4' x 25', after breaking frozen ground with one big ash plow and the JD tractor. I was standing pretty proud, then the rain came today. That's right, rain and t-storms on February 25th! I'll let you know if we are starting the digging all over again soon.....

In the meantime, if anyone needs the remnants of my experimentation with square foot gardening (all due respect Mr. Bartholomew, again, not an ad, just my experience) email me. Oh wait, I forgot to tell you, sometimes the best way for me to put the past in the past is burn it. So, I did.