Introduction to a hopeful new year of prosperity

 

I've been farming something every year for nearly 4 decades, tried about every method known to mankind, have attempted to reduce the amount of time and effort required to successfully farm, have farmed both the north and south, but not until now have I admitted that chemical farming alone is not only unsustainable, but damaging to the environment and if done long enough, is showing signs of permanent damage.

I will leave the damage done and response to it for another day and now focus on the organic side of farming, occasionally adding some chemicals for balance but never enough to wash out of the soil and towards the ocean as industry does today.

This topic is also a study as to just how much organic is enough so as to obtain the results desired but not over due the cost or available resources at hand. I prefer to start with a financially stable crop and once positive results are obtained, transfer that data to the remaining crops desired. 

Which is why different gardens, different mixtures and methods, and different crops will all be studied to one extent or another this season and the subject gardens are pictured above and shall be described on a need to publish basis, perhaps as few as once a month per garden.

Some of the gardens are still being defended against nature, but here are the subject gardens and crops prior to seeding. 

I also reserve the right to use the information obtained from this study in a court setting against industry practices if so desired or needed.

So here are cheers to us going forward and this issue.