First ag project ever
Justin Jones
Posts: 54
Location: Lake Arrowhead, CA
9
posted 4 years ago
I started studying permaculture intensively about a month and a half ago. I've digested a huge amount of material and I'm itching to try my hand at something real. My friend has a new job at a nursery and I was extremely fortunate to come into maybe 200 packets of seeds. I set aside the ornamentals and the sunflowers and grouped them into guilds based on my best understanding of companion planting. The potatoes and lentils were storebought, as were the bell peppers that supplied the seeds. I plan to plant them on hugels, except for maybe the runner bean guild which will require boatloads of trellis I imagine.
Potato Guild
potatoes/sweet potatoes + lentils + some lettuce and cilantro
Squash Guild
squash + a few pumpkins + lentils + spinach + a bit of radish
Tomato Guild
tomato (roma and beefsteak) + bell pepper + basil + strawberry + asparagus (maybe) + onion (evergreen bunching) + garlic
Lettuce Guild (I have a ton of lettuce seeds)
lettuce + beans (more lentils?) + dill + lupin + strawberries? + onions + a few beets
Runner Guild
runner beans + climbing spinach + cilantro + lettuce
I also have some nasturtium that I want to plant around the beds.
Do these groupings make sense? Are there any obvious mistakes or improvements that I'm missing? What's the best way to cultivate these runner beans?
Thank you for your assistance!
- D.
Potato Guild
potatoes/sweet potatoes + lentils + some lettuce and cilantro
Squash Guild
squash + a few pumpkins + lentils + spinach + a bit of radish
Tomato Guild
tomato (roma and beefsteak) + bell pepper + basil + strawberry + asparagus (maybe) + onion (evergreen bunching) + garlic
Lettuce Guild (I have a ton of lettuce seeds)
lettuce + beans (more lentils?) + dill + lupin + strawberries? + onions + a few beets
Runner Guild
runner beans + climbing spinach + cilantro + lettuce
I also have some nasturtium that I want to plant around the beds.
Do these groupings make sense? Are there any obvious mistakes or improvements that I'm missing? What's the best way to cultivate these runner beans?
Thank you for your assistance!
- D.
Every day, every season there is change, something new to observe, and constant learning. Permaculture has the dimensions of a life-oriented chess game, involving the elements, energy, and the dimensions of both life-forms and building structures (also with political, social, financial, and global implications).
John Polk
steward
Posts: 8019
Location: Currently in Lake Stevens, WA. Home in Spokane
287
Justin Jones
Posts: 54
Location: Lake Arrowhead, CA
9
posted 4 years ago
Good to know, thank you Mr. Polk
Every day, every season there is change, something new to observe, and constant learning. Permaculture has the dimensions of a life-oriented chess game, involving the elements, energy, and the dimensions of both life-forms and building structures (also with political, social, financial, and global implications).
Chris Kott
Posts: 796
Location: Toronto, Ontario
9
posted 4 years ago
Sunflowers are an excellent lattice for climbing spinach (i'm growing malabar for the heat of the summer) and any pole beas. I am going to try cucumbers and pole beans on alternating russian mamoth sunflowers. I'm trying corn again, this time in a chicken wire cage, maybe it'll keep the squirrels and raccoons out, but i'm going to support the beans on bamboo poles. sunflowers do well here, though, but to do any more than feed the birds and squirrels i need to figure out some kind of flower cage and seed catcher.
I am actually trying to find information on how sweet potatoes and potatoes might differ in companion planting or guild terms. Any thoughts?
-CK
I am actually trying to find information on how sweet potatoes and potatoes might differ in companion planting or guild terms. Any thoughts?
-CK
| Have you seen Paul's rant on CFLs? |
