I'm currently sitting in the yard with Rosie and Bella (the baby sheep!) which feels like the exact place to answer this question :)
Here's what we've currently got planted: potatoes, garlic, onions, carrots, peas, kale, spinach, arugula, turnips, and asparagus. For some reason the lettuce hasn't really done much this year (after two great years) so I'm going to plant another round and see what happens. The radishes (first time trying them) also seem a little wonky. A mystery!
Next week we'll plant the warmer temp things: tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, corn, and various winter squashes. We have some young fruit trees as well, which will take lots of time to mature (apple, peach, cherry, all planted last year), and up next I want to add some native fruiting shrubs/bushes.
I feel a bit daunted by the sheep to be honest, but trust that I will keep learning as they grow. As for excitement: I want to grow raspberries! And expand our compost making. And build a root cellar! And grow mushrooms!
I totally hear you on the feeling of overwhelm though. I felt that so much at the beginning, and still feel it now sometimes (most recently with starting seedlings indoors). I try to remind myself that there's no one path, no "best" way, and that this is the perfect area of life to do fun experiments :)
I'm currently sitting in the yard with Rosie and Bella (the baby sheep!) which feels like the exact place to answer this question :)
Here's what we've currently got planted: potatoes, garlic, onions, carrots, peas, kale, spinach, arugula, turnips, and asparagus. For some reason the lettuce hasn't really done much this year (after two great years) so I'm going to plant another round and see what happens. The radishes (first time trying them) also seem a little wonky. A mystery!
Next week we'll plant the warmer temp things: tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, corn, and various winter squashes. We have some young fruit trees as well, which will take lots of time to mature (apple, peach, cherry, all planted last year), and up next I want to add some native fruiting shrubs/bushes.
I feel a bit daunted by the sheep to be honest, but trust that I will keep learning as they grow. As for excitement: I want to grow raspberries! And expand our compost making. And build a root cellar! And grow mushrooms!
I totally hear you on the feeling of overwhelm though. I felt that so much at the beginning, and still feel it now sometimes (most recently with starting seedlings indoors). I try to remind myself that there's no one path, no "best" way, and that this is the perfect area of life to do fun experiments :)