One last round of oat planting
Mark spent $9 on another 25 pounds of oat seeds...because the first 50 pounds just weren't quite enough for me.
And then, long-suffering
husband that he is, he obliged me by weedeating some experimental beds
to use up the seeds I couldn't find room for in the garden. This patch
was pure weeds this spring, then I solarized
it for a month or so in the summer. As you can see, partial-shade
conditions and the power of perennial weeds meant that some plants
sprang back up from the roots despite the cooking time. I'm hopeful that
scattering oat seeds and weedeating to the ground just before a rain
will mean the cover crops sprout and make a goat-fodder patch. Then
perhaps we can fold this area into garden production next year. Or,
worst-case scenario, we just wasted a buck of oat seeds and will have to
start from scratch here if the experiment fails.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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