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  • From: Brian Murphy <brmurphy AT mindspring.com>
  • To: market-farming AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu
  • Subject: newbie update
  • Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 09:29:35 -0400


This past January I decided to get started. Four months later - WOW. So little time, so much to do.........but I AM COMPLETELY ENJOYING everything I find time to do.

Reading is so important but I learn the most by DOING(and making mistakes).

What have I learned so far?

1 - farming is hard work ( knew that)
2 - planning ahead is crucial
3 - I need a lot more manure/compost
4 - don't order seeds or plants until you know where they will be planted ( I purchased too many seeds and plants)
5 - avoid even the thought " I could quit my "job" and farm full time". I wish! But then "would it be fun?"
6 - Eliot Coleman's book is awesome, I am reading it for the second time in 3 months
7 - never plant "in a hurry"
8 - planning ahead is crucial
9 - planning ahead is crucial
10 - planning ahead is crucial
11- planning ahe..................I get it!

I have 344 messages to read over from this list, so.........thank you for all your help.

Brian
Shamrock Gardens

Brian T. Murphy www.mindspring.com/~brmurphy
Science Dept.
Millbrook High School http://mhs.wcpss.net
AP Environmental Science http://mhs.wcpss.net/Murphy/apes/
Physical Science http://mhs.wcpss.net/Murphy/PhysicalScience/
Raleigh, NC, USA




  • newbie update, Brian Murphy, 04/18/2002

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