Goals for the farm in 2021
I'm only 7 weeks into being a farmer and it's August already, so with only 4 months to go the goals for 2021 will be modest. There is very little "farm" setup at the moment and therefore the focus will be on creating beds and installing infrastructure. But of course I also want to start growing! The Vision I would like to put this area of the lower field into vegetable production, following the principles of sustainable no-dig farming. It measures roughly 10m x 50m, so 500m 2 or 1/8 th of an acre. The crops planted would be a mix of longer cycle staple crops and shorted cycle vegetables. I plan to layout the vegetable production using the popular market garden system of 75cm wide beds and 45cm wide paths. I would like each bed to be 13.3m long to give an area of 10m 2 , which is a convenient round number for crop planning. Beds could be oriented NE-SW, which follows drainage towards the river at the south of the field, or NW-SE which runs across the slight gradient...