Kids eat for free farms stand Blog #2

in #gardening7 years ago (edited)

Hello everyone, we still have snow on the ground here in Vermont, while I wait for spring I am making a plan. Ive heard it said once you have a plan the job is half done :) So here goes... Please note upcoming blogs will be about these things... Also I would love to hear ways to improve my blog and what hear what people would like to see... Thanks :)

TO DO LIST FOR SPRING:

  1. Have pine boards milled out at local saw mill to build farm stand.
    2.Build said farm stand on a 6x12 Utility trailer that I have so it movable.
  2. Order peach trees approx 20 of different varieties that are zone 4 hardy.
  3. Pick up several loads of local composted cow manure to use around the farm.
  4. Make some garden boxes for individual herb types... Basil, thyme, list will be ongoing.
  5. Sheet mulch with wood chips the Blueberry bed approx 75'x75'
  6. Apply organic sulfur to Blueberry bed aka Brimstone.
  7. Buy organic blood meal and bone meal for fertilization.
  8. Order seeds for this years gardening from: Baker Creek heirloom seeds, Fedco and High Mowing organic seeds.
  9. Start Tomato, Onion and Pepper seeds around April 20th + or -.
  10. Plant multiple strawberry verities.
  11. Work on making garden art to sell Using my blacksmithing skills.
  12. Plant multiple flower verities to attract pollinators and to have at my farm stand.
  13. I currently have 6 Bantam chickens perhaps get 6 ducks?
  14. come up with a farm name... with help from the online community.
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    A view of my huge pile of composting woodchips and my David Brown 990 farm tractor painted green.