UNSUSTAINABLE FARMING PRACTICES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ORGANIC MATERIALS

What permits us to attempt to grow this early in the year is the battle between the late cold artic air and the warming sea water.  I created some maps below to show how even during the worst conditions nature can bring, this area has been very friendly to this plant, and this year appears to be no exception.  As the warm water battles and wins the artic battle earlier in each year, one can get started Feb 1st and as long as the plants don't super hard freeze, they just have to wait for the sun to reappear some 5-10 days later and explosive growth occurs soon after, that has been the past and I jumped a half a week early this year and so far the results are promising. So here are some maps to show once again this battle between the cold artic air, and the warm southern waters.  Some heat vs cold maps in feb 2021. So just take notice of this years battle between heat and cold and who pushes who back and the recovery time. Each push of warm air extends further northward with each att

 It appears some 5-7 marjoram transplants are going to make it through the winter, this is the best one and significant as not to long ago I had trouble growing this plant, and now i'll seed small patches during the next 8 weeks to catch that perfect 10 days to germinate and begin growing. I made this mini seedling greenhouse and have basil, marjoram and some cauliflower and they will transplanted to their new homes as soon as they are able and ready. There are no freeze warnings here for the next ten days and we may only have 2 or 3 for the rest of this year.  

 There is very little off season here in this deep south farm, from now late Jan right up to and including some early nov, there is always something to do with growing or harvesting crops here, so this off season I've beefed up crop security against nature so as to expand some tasty veggies. I've begun organic germinating and am impressed at, not only the speed at which the seeds positively respond to the organic material, but the health of the seeds also. So after checking the 10 day forecast and knowing the local climate, have decided to seed early, I can always reseed and all it costs me is the time and energy. I'll take note that I'm the only one I know in the area that has begun planting, but I'll find out for sure at the farmers market when I am the only one selling product and no one knows why. I wouldn't be germinating if I wasn't ready to plant, I put the extra work and time in now, to easily dismantle and stack rows of fence at the end of each foll