It's raining and 47 degrees outside. My cold weather greens are safe for a few more days, but we've had several days of warmth that I fear will cause my spinach to bolt. I plan on putting in some variety of New Zealand or Okinawa spinach that will give me a yield through the hot Kentucky summers, but I haven't ordered seed yet.
Today's plans include...deciding on my plant guilds and ordering seeds/bulbs to plant them; discussing with my wife more places to plant so we don't lose too much play space for the wee ones; and drawing up plans for a downdraft food dryer/dehydrator. I probably won't get all of it done, but I always try to overplan rather than underplan. I don't know how much food we'll have to dry this summer, but it'll either be tons of tomatos and nothing else, or it will be tons of tomatos and a smattering of other things. Or...we'll find our land in the country, and sacrifice a season of gardening for changing locations; only time will tell.
per·ma·cul·ture - /ˈpərməˌkəlCHər/ - originally meaning simply a permanent agriculture but now indicating permanent culture focused on living in accord with the natural world; "Permaculture is a philosophy of working with rather than against nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and thoughtless action; of looking at systems in all their functions rather than asking only one yield of them..." ~Bill Mollison
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