OK so I know it’s a bit early (according to some) and awfully late (according to others) but this is me and this was the day that I had set aside to decide what I was going to do with my garden in 2012. I spent a lot of time running around on the internet looking at all sorts of things that would be cool but since I know I have to balance most of my garden time with my going back to school for my Bachelors I eliminated all but the most interesting ones.
My final plans are set (ish) for the beds. I currently have 13 4x8 raised beds and a good sized open space (about 25x30) with winter rye doing it’s thing. I am going to try for a high yield garden style this year, but with my own twist. I am only going to grow heirloom produce. Seed Savers Exchange is an amazing resource with tens of thousands of choices of heirloom seeds. I felt like a kid in a candy store scrolling through!
I have my list of plants that I need to get started and in what quantity and now all I have to do is choose the varieties I am going to plant. I’m currently at somewhere around 400 plants with 34 varieties. My next steps will be to set up my seedling farm in the basement so that I can get plants that will be well established for planting first thing in the spring.
I can’t wait!
