Getting Organized

While our temperatures are warm at 35 degrees compared to much of the United States, it's still cold to us here in Eastern NC.  So this weekend, has been spent indoors planning.   There are so many things to plan.

• What supplies, equipment, seed do we need and how much will it cost?
• Where are we planting our first crop?
• What kind of materials should trellises be made out of?
• What kinds of nutrients need to go into our soil?
• Where do we get organic fertilizer?

And so our weekend has been spent trying to answer these questions.  Since we want to farm organically, there are many restrictions placed on the types of materials we can use. For example, treated wood posted are not allowed for our trellises.   

MrLivingOurWay did go out this weekend to check out our sunlight situation and determined that we will unfortunately need to cut a few more trees but he believes that he will be able to do this with his chainsaw.

We spent quite a while interpreting the soil report that was done on our land.  This helped us determine what types of nutrients and fertilizer will be needed for our soil.  We managed to locate a  whole saler of organic fertilizer about an hour away.  We requested a catalog.

Prioritzing tasks and figuring out what, if any, equipement still needs to be purchased are next on the planning list.

Better to plan now and avoid costly mistakes.  Can you see anything we might have missed in our planning?