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| Potatoes, shallots, and onions planted in rows. |
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| Fence posts installed. |
Today, in my usual impromtu fashion, I decided to plant this season's potato, shallot, and onion crop! This year, the garden formerly known as "The Pumpkin Patch" will be home for these tubers and alliums. I had to learn how to properly plant onions. Did you know that you're only supposed to bury them less than half way? I didn't. So my impromptu planting decision was turned into a two-hour event since I needed a fence to protect the onions from critters. Now if only I had that scarecrow! I might have to put one of my fall scarecrow decorations out there in the meantime.
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| Finished product. |
The weather is looking pretty nice, and I'm hoping it will stay that way. Farmers Almanac says this summer will be hot and dry, much like last summer. This will be extremely detrimental (again) to commodity crop farmers. I don't like to wish misfortune on anyone, but industrial food prices going up means more people may turn to real food. It would be great to extend the natural food movement even more. Maybe one day everyone will realize that the food that they are eating, the food that doesn't have to have a name added to it (like organic, CNG, or natural) is what is causing all of these health problems we all know so well. Here's hopin'! In the meantime, I'll just keep moving our family forward, off the grid. The more I can raise, the better! And I hope to raise excess so people who desire food raised right can buy it!
Thanks for reading.
-Jay
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