Series: Tools for making plans

Field map and field…

16 Nov 202314 Jan 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Map of the market garden and a snow-covered field

Here’s the new garden map, companion to the two calendars, all part of the latest version of my planning set-up. The simplicity and spareness are deceptive, this is the result of FIVE YEARS of refining complicated planning and record-keeping paperwork, … Read the rest

Calendars love catalogs

16 Nov 202310 Dec 2007 by Mike (tfb)

I got these about six weeks ago, when the selection was good (because, just any calendar will not do!). Today, I busted them out of their plastic. It’s only three weeks to the new year, the Holidays will vanish in … Read the rest

Map day!

16 Nov 202314 May 2009 by Mike (tfb)

Finally, the first production map for this new market garden! Usually, it’s a good idea to get a detailed map done early in the winter, before making up the main seed orders (or, if that’s where you’re at, before taking … Read the rest

Tape time!

16 Nov 202315 Apr 2013 by Mike (tfb)

Tape time again, measuring out this year’s market garden. I’ve come up with various schemes to do away with this step as an annual thing, but end up wanting to move things around, or accidentally tilling under a critical stake … Read the rest

Harvest board revisited

16 Nov 20234 Sep 2009 by Mike (tfb)

As the afternoon shadows get longer, Michelle checks out the harvest board to see what’s left to do for tomorrow’s farmers’ market. This same whiteboard is now in its third season of service, a little worse for the wear, with … Read the rest

50 feet!

16 Nov 202317 May 2009 by Mike (tfb)

Nice sun, but kinda cool and definitely windy. Michelle came by for a day of mostly organizing and arranging: managing seedlings, and measuring and staking out garden sections (now, according to the new garden map). We’re once again using 50′ … Read the rest

Seed ordering sanity

16 Nov 20234 Feb 2008 by Mike (tfb)

The first main seed order is finally done. There will be one more in a week or two, and then I’ll be set for the season. Working out the order was relatively painless, it does get easier every year, but … Read the rest