End of week #2 on the farm

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davidacoder — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:46:38 GMT

This is all very cool, congratulations. And here comes an excellent plan: Charles should come over with his Channel9 camera and get a tour of your farm! Would make for a fun change :)

re: End of week #2 on the farm

Andy Stopford — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:48:18 GMT

Hey,

I run my own allotment and grow pretty much all the fruit and veg for my family, smaller scale than a farm but the same rules apply :)

The chicken muck and manure is free and you will each year need to reapply it, using fertilizer will get you a quick balance but using organic means will create a better structure within the soil. It might be an idea to judge your top soil, most of the fruit trees will need a good depth of several meters of top soil before you reach either sand, clay or rock. Any less and the roots will spread wide to find nutrients and water (which good soil structure will hold in the humus).

The blueberries will need an acid ph top dressing each year to help maintain the acid ph within the soil that it needs. A good organic source of this is mulched pine or other ever green, they take (because of the waxy nature of the leaves) a long time to break down and you really need to work in three year cycles to compost them your self but you can maintain that ph level for free.

If your after other fruit bushes then I recommend the saskatoon (a native of Canada), hard to source here in the UK but should be fairly easy to source in the US.

Best of luck with it.

Andy

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Mac Noland — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:19:16 GMT

Brian, thanks for the detailed update. From a person who grew up in a farming community, I appreciate someone who likes to get their hands dirty!

re: End of week #2 on the farm

Razi — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:46:24 GMT

I guess delays as you mentioned are not only part of software development alone :)

Good Luck on the Farm.

re: End of week #2 on the farm

Mike T. — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:43:01 GMT

It's great to see your vision bearing fruit, Brian.

Not everyone can still blog, after they "bought the farm."

Our micro-farm is hanging on walls in the house, with four hydroponic AeroGardens. We'll use one, soon, to start 70 flower pods, for transplanting outside.

Glad to see you continuing to grow!

Team System Link Love - 4

.NETicated — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:33:28 GMT

Events Visual Studio Team System Chat: April 9 on Charles Sterling's blog Resources Team System Community

re: End of week #2 on the farm

John Burns — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:39:02 GMT

Just started reading your blog and I'm really glad you're including these experiences on it. It's neat seeing a technical person do something not-so-technical. Are you planning on posting any pictures of the orchard?

re: End of week #2 on the farm

bharry — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:49:49 GMT

Yes, as soon as the weather clears up a bit, I'm going to take some pictures and post them.

Brian

農場での 2 度目の週末

bharry's WebLog — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:04:13 GMT

たくさんの皆さんが、私の農場でのサバティカル休暇について知りたいという意欲を示してくださったので、(ほんの少し) ここに書くことにします。昨日は、第 2 週の最後でした。仕事で私がかかわらなければならない事柄があり、当初の計画からスタートが少々遅れました。私の最初の大仕事は、果樹園に植え付けをすることでした。果樹園は