This blog is to chronicle the exploits of this venture - the goal is to produce as much food as possible with the minimum of fossil fuel inputs.
Last year I had trial plots of mixed plantings design to grow "soil" - with local agrarian modifications to the "double dig" techniques advocated by John Jeavons in his book "How to grow more vegetables".
My objective is to build our soil - a Chetek Sandy Loam to a 5 or 6% organic matter - with the vegetation it supports naturally, green cover crops, and the household compost that we produce. I am using the Timberleaf Soil Testing service because of their familiarity with the Grow Biointensive methods.
According to our initial soil test (photo right)last May - our soil was 1.8% OM after 14 years of fallow - originally planted in Timothy.
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