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39.17 N, ~770 feet

We planted around the heavy rains around August 10th:

annuals/biennials (semi-annuals/annuals?)

  • cabbage
  • kale
  • collards
  • chicory
  • lettuce
  • barley
  • oats
  • okra
  • green beans
  • zucchini
  • parsnips
  • carrots
  • peas
  • winter squash
  • watermelon
  • favas
  • runner beans
  • matpe beans
  • chickpeas
  • corn and pole beans
  • fenugreek
  • basil
  • garlic
  • ajwain

perennials

  • perennial kale
  • asparagus
  • lovage
  • cow parsnip
  • long pepper
  • cold hardy ginger lily
  • cold hardy banana
  • moldovan sea buckthorn
  • oxeye sunflower
  • boneset
  • yarrow

Obviously some of these things make substantially more sense than others. Of the less sensible ones, many are destined to be cover crops. That’s okay to me - - some are actually from a cover crop mix.

Some of the gambles were motivated because I felt bad about what I ended up doing during the growing season compared to what I had planned. Some of them I had tons of seed and figured I’d just see what happened.

The gambles weren’t just emotional plantings though - - I suspect some of them will come through, and it’ll be alright in the very unlikely event none of them do.

I mostly used my preferred planting method of broadcasting which takes awfully little effort and allows for earlier communication between plant and environment than either transplanting or soaking and sowing.

I kind of want to show and tell a little more about what I did and where things are now so I’ll probably link to a followup thread.

EDIT: Here

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