I just enjoyed a steak from the beef we butchered in April of ‘20 and have another processed one to pick up next week. We should make it a bit longer.
My wife suggested we not have a garden this year since we have so much still canned and in the freezer. It takes about a bag of fertilizer with the cow manure and chicken litter each year to grow a good garden before it burns up in
the summer heat.
I had intended to fallow the pastures this summer anyway. It is time for that.
This will probably pass but when who knows? Lots of fear porn going around.
Why not do just half the garden space? Let half go fallow and then the other half next year.
If you do none and use up your supplies, will you make it until the next harvest?
And do you really think fertilizer prices are going to correct?
Considering the shape the world is in, this is not the year I would consider not gardening at all.
We are fortunate in that the year we bought our house, 2019, the previous owners had already mostly moved and so did not do a garden so the garden plot had its year of rest. The following year, I only planted a little, it was so out of control and weed grown.
Last year we did well and we put in raised beds and really made an effort to condition the soil with anything we can get our hands on. I have two compost bins going and we are scoping out sources for a load of manure.
Just before Christmas I stopped at Wally world and checked out their gardening section. They had some great deals on fertilizer as they were clearing out seasonal items making space for Christmas stuff. I picked up several bags.
If you decide not to grow a garden, will you be planting cover crops to rejuvenate the soil? And if so, can I ask which ones you’ve decided on?