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Legume Plan
497,
crop layout,
crop plan,
crop planning,
farm layout,
farm overview,
legume plan,
naming conventions
This is kinna a "Note to self" so I don't forget where to plant what.
So, given the fact that beans are a 'continuous producer' and irresistible to deer and rabbit, it makes the most sense to me to plant them nearest to the house where we can keep the closest eye on them. The three types of peas that are going to be the first in the ground are of varying heights so I need to make sure not to plant the tallest variety first thus obscuring the view of the rest of the field. This led me to design this little close up planning/tracking tool. You'll see it evolve throughout the season as I tweak it to make it more useful. The naming convention for where the crops are going looks like this example: "Soybeans in 497A1". So Soybeans are going in field 497 in row A in the first 10ft. (or 10% of that row if the row is shorter or longer than 100').
FOILED!!!
Have been looking for 55 galllon steel barrels to make a 'bio-char production oven.' Let some folk know that I was looking for barrels. They suggested a salvage yard about 30 minutes away. I called said salvage yard and asked them if they had any barrels for sale, 'yup' they said, I asked if the barrels had lids, '(slight hesitation) yup' they said. 'I'm on the way' I said. Drove 30 min out there and sure enough, the barrels had lids, on both sides, that were non-removable. Not what I was looking for. 2 hours down the drain. Spent the rest of the day cleaning out the chicken coop nest boxes, and preparing some row markers in anticipation of bean planting coming up later this week.
Read more...Crop Plan 2010
Here's a sweet little snap shot of a 'seed plan' excel worksheet that I made up. If you have one you like to use better, pretty please drop me a comment with a link so I can improves mah methodologies. If you'd like to download your own copy, click here.
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