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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

I just took a cursory look, but that's cool.  Tonight I will look at it 
a bit closer..thanks for the link.
How much and what type of grain are you thinking of?  I know we touched 
on this a few weeks back.

B

eureka AT hctc.net wrote:
> Bev,
>
> Something I started doing last year was using Plan Garden 
> online www.plangarden.com to plot out my beds, keep track 
> of when I planted and harvested. I used to try to do this 
> on paper, but paper doesn't fare well in our home (gets 
> lost, eaten by an animal, or splashed with unidentified 
> fluids, etc.). Today I was able to see it was time to 
> order onion sets for January planting. There's a way to 
> publish it online to share with others, but I haven't gone 
> that far yet.
>
> As for the future, we are shopping around for more fruit 
> trees and I plan to air layer one of the figs and root 
> blackberry cuttings to propagate more. We are considering 
> growing grain. And we continue our Healthy Harvest group 
> meetings of sharing seeds, produce, etc. and will be 
> planting a little extra to sell at the Farmer's Market.
>
> --Sage
>
> On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:51:27 -0400
>   EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > Today also marks my 10 year anniversary here at 
> > EarthNSky.  We moved 
> > here on Halloween of 1998.
> > I know y'all probably think all I do is think and post 
> > about politics, 
> > but I really do have more going on than that. 
> > Currently, I'm planning 
> > for not only next year's garden, but for the next few 
> > years.  I want to 
> > grow things for seed next year so that I will have 
> > fresher seed for the 
> > years beyond that.
> > This is really the first time I have intentionally 
> > planted seed for seed 
> > collection purposes as opposed to food purposes.  I am 
> > kind of worried 
> > about crossing things, so I have to be careful.  I want 
> > to grow multiple 
> > squashes, but I have to figure out exactly how to do 
> > that in a small 
> > area.  I'll be growing lots of paste tomatoes as well. 
> > I indulged 
> > myself this year and grew slicers, but I think I should 
> > concentrate more 
> > on the paste types....more bang for the buck.
> > I've spoken offlist to James about corn and OP 
> > distancing and timing, 
> > and I think I now have a plan for my place on that. 
> > Thanks again, James.
> > What, if anything, are y'all doing for your 2010 garden 
> > and beyond?
> > --
> > “Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. 
> > Anger leads to 
> > hate. Hate leads to suffering.”        Yoda
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