I had an internet outage, again.
I am in a very foggy zone 9. Dry summers, foggy, windy rainy monsoon like winter, spring and fall. Someone told me it is classified as temperate rainforest. Protected from salt winds, but only 15 miles to Pacific Ocean and amazing surfing with large fish and larger waves.
I started watching the area when I first moved onto the property noticing an abundance of grasses. I chopped & dropped them, added
wood chips from a landslide on my neighbors property & let the area be fallow till I started this post.
That was the 4th, today is the 9th.. so moving on!
The 5th I worked on making mounds literally till the sun had set and made a beautiful sunset which is rare at this time of the year. While making mounds I couldn't believe how light the soil felt. It was a real pleasure to work with.
So the next morning I added more straw. It looked good. Even added a worm composter near the where the gate was going in. Pounded in stakes for
chicken wire as well.
On the 7th my friend Norm came over and we agreed something was missing, and that was
deer protection. It's not the best in the world, but I like it. This is the viewing towards the NW and where the sun rises to this area before arcing around to the south. Those trees are
apple, cherry & pear trees I inherited a year ago w/ the property. They were in very poor condition & are much improved.
I started planting things I had to move right away like a really poorly pot bound yarrow, a honeysuckle & a few garlic. I have tomato, Snow
pea and some other things already started to start being moved in around end of April. Weather is weird again this year. I even see it in the sea life when surfing, clamming or collecting seaweed.
I'll post more pictures later this year when it is planted. I need to see if I can get a legumes cover crop that would work this late in the season, right now I am betting on a crimson clover that was planted in a recently cut terrace.
Might not of been my brightest of ideas but they seem to be sprouting gently last I looked.