Well, so much has happened since last Spring!
First off, we decided to move to rural NE Iowa. We found an old farmhouse we liked and that was it. It took all summer to move all the farm stuff and household goods, so we had no garden in 2008, other than donating our seedlings to our former community garden.
We got to Iowa by late July. I had been diagnosed with a serious medical problem and so the Fall was taken up with that, and with getting ready for Winter.
In November 2008 we got a huge space plowed up.
In Spring 2009 we enlarged it to half an acre, and had it manured and disked by a farmer neighbor. Then we rented a tiller for our tractor and went over it 4 times. We had the soil tested and added sulphur and nitrogen. The soil is very good here, great corn land, top-rated.
So far I have planted onions, garlic, and potatoes. Am trying to get the peas and carrots and beets in now. Will take pics today once the light improves.
First off, we decided to move to rural NE Iowa. We found an old farmhouse we liked and that was it. It took all summer to move all the farm stuff and household goods, so we had no garden in 2008, other than donating our seedlings to our former community garden.
We got to Iowa by late July. I had been diagnosed with a serious medical problem and so the Fall was taken up with that, and with getting ready for Winter.
In November 2008 we got a huge space plowed up.
In Spring 2009 we enlarged it to half an acre, and had it manured and disked by a farmer neighbor. Then we rented a tiller for our tractor and went over it 4 times. We had the soil tested and added sulphur and nitrogen. The soil is very good here, great corn land, top-rated.
So far I have planted onions, garlic, and potatoes. Am trying to get the peas and carrots and beets in now. Will take pics today once the light improves.
