"rachael simpson" wrote
brooklyn1 wrote:
"rachael simpson" writes:

Nice. 4 1/2 acres of garden is more of a farm... you must have helpers,
and what do you do with so much crop, do you operate a roadside stand
and/or do you sell to local markets. How about some pictures.

well, most that know me, know we farm...lol! the only helpers are family
and we share our garden crop with friends and family, after I'm done with
putting up what we need for the winter.

That's still a huge amount of veggies, you must have like fifty families of
relatives and friends. I have only a 50' X 50' garden plot and there's no
way I can use all that grows, can barely give away all the extras, and I
don't make any attempt to grow a lot per sq foot, in fact the past three
years I donated about 1/3 of my garden to blueberry bushes and still as each
veggie comes in it's a bonanza. My friend down the road has a 2 acre garden
and he is able to supply all the small grocery/convenience stores, B & Bs,
restaurants, etc. around here. I sure would like to see pictures of your
operation, for a home garden 4 1/2 acres must be really something to see...
please?

And I know very well what 4 1/2 acres is, my back yard is 5 acres of lawn,
takes a good part of two days to mow, I'd hate to think how much work it
would be to tend to it in crops, would take like six families of illegals.
Yesterday for the first time this season it dried out enough that I was able
to mow my 4 acre back field for the first time, used to be a hay field and
it was already in seed, that takes a full day's labor every week just to mow
and keep the forest from growing back.

Gotta start somewhe
http://i44.tinypic.com/110j82e.jpg
Keep going:
http://i42.tinypic.com/34pxerl.jpg
Almost:
http://i41.tinypic.com/2lvb693.jpg
Job well done:
http://i42.tinypic.com/de9x6t.jpg
Tenants:
http://i42.tinypic.com/aw9wdx.jpg
Hummers are back:
http://i41.tinypic.com/x5qjvn.jpg

I planned to start string trimming today but it looks like rain... I sure
hope not as I plan to till my veggie garden this weekend and I need it to
dry out.