1 | May 1: Seasonal soil temp thresholds , difficult weeds, recent crop history, useful bamboo | |
2 | May 12: Bed prep review, crop plan, milk crate microclimates, timing for conditions | |
3 | May 14: Planting out beans, considering root density, tactile phenology, variety selection, GH rain barrel advantage | |
4 | Planting out 2 varieties of bush bean for green vs dry harvest | |
5 | May 15, 26: Interplanting 'varna' summer leeks with bush beans as a catch crop, kale as beneficial habitat, crop progress | |
6 | June 4: Introducing - Mashua (Tropaeolum tuberousum) a catch crop candidate? Let's see... | |
7 | June 9, 14: Crop progress, encouraging edible weeds in your soil's seed bank | |
8 | July 1-14: Harvesting summer leek catch crop, | |
9 | July 17: Campo di Fiori green beans, DIY seed saving, the joy of pantyhose! | |
10 | July 21, 28, August 1: Crop progress | |
11 | August 9: Crop progress, harvesting dry beans for sample and seed | |
12 | August 24: Transitioning from summer > winter rotations via direct sowing windows | |
13 | August 25: Prepping bed for turnips using modified 'double-digging', protecting seed bed from cats and hippies | |
14 | September 1, 5, 9: Turnip germination across the nation, thinning but not too much in case of help | |
15 | September 13: Harvesting Ellen brown stripe pole beans, the vertical advantage | |
16 | September 16: reusing bamboo trellis as animal proofing for winter turnip seed bed | |
17 | Winnowing and threshing the pole bean harvest, full cost acounting, Oct 1 - turnips going places | |
18 | Oct 8, 25: Mashua succession check-in and harvest, thinning/harvesting turnip greens | |
19 | November 3, 7, 19: Cold temps enlargen and sweeten turnips | |
20 | November 21, Dec 1: Harvesting and fondling mashua tubers with farmer/educator Adam Schick, ongoing turnip harvest | |
21 | December 12 - 20: Peak turnip harvest, mulching empty spaces to protect soil over winter, wrap-up | |