Ambitious certified black thumb- I’m in over my head SOS pls send help

[ChickenLady2014]

Camp, I haven't read the whole thread yet, but I would start a compost pile now for black gold in 2019 growing season. Put all your manure, leaves,,kitchen scraps in it with some fertilizer. Water & turn it regularly. It won't be manure by next year.

Just no meat scrap though

 

[ChickenLady2014]

It's a crop you grow specifically so you can then till the green matter into the soil to increase the humus content and enrich the soil.

Why you hidin' unda' dat chair, Kiki???

Thank you, was wondering the same thing

 

[jane s chickens]

I started trying to make a garden plan based on the square-foot method. I’m sure this is part of my problem, but I’m so averse to traditional “rows” and really love an exciting, varied approach where I can squeeze in lots of variety in a small space. I think Bed A (left) is pretty good. I gave up on Bed B, just like in real life. This was all from memory, so I might have the spacing wrong, but I’ll fix it when the seeds come in. Each block is a square foot.
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Then I want to plant a bit over at the chicken coop, some pest repellents.
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Camp, dont plant things I. The same place as last year. Look up crop rotation

 

[ChickenLady2014]

Camp, I always find that no matter how much planning I do, I still end up having more seeds than I have space for lol. I would go crazy if I had that much space to work with.

 

[campingshaws]

Camp, dont plant things I. The same place as last year. Look up crop rotation

Only the strawberries are in the same exact same place because they’re already growing from wintering over. Is rotation still important if I’m completely redoing the soil?

 

[campingshaws]

Camp, I always find that no matter how much planning I do, I still end up having more seeds than I have space for lol. I would go crazy if I had that much space to work with.

It’s easy when you don’t have any knowledge or equipment.

 

[ChickenLady2014]

Only the strawberries are in the same exact same place because they’re already growing from wintering over. Is rotation still important if I’m completely redoing the soil?

Because you are redoing the soil I would say your okay, but maybe Jane knows better on that front.

 

[ChickenLady2014]

It’s easy when you don’t have any knowledge or equipment.

Well I have the knowledge & the equipment. I just want to try so many new things that by the time everything is planted at the correct distances I've run out of room. Couldn't be the 40+ tomato plants taking up all the space lol.

 

[campingshaws]

Because you are redoing the soil I would say your okay, but maybe Jane knows better on that front.

This would be the third year for tomatoes in that bed, but I remembered I’m going to do them in buckets. I found an article that makes it pretty easy, I’ll see what I can redraw.

Maybe just switching the Bed A plan to Bed B would be good enough.

 

[campingshaws]

Well I have the knowledge & the equipment. I just want to try so many new things that by the time everything is planted at the correct distances I've run out of room. Couldn't be the 40+ tomato plants taking up all the space lol.

You need that square gardening book!