![]() ![]() Right now, we think that 10-12 acres might be the right size (though… ask me in two years, and I’ll probably have a different opinion).Īs far as our choice of implements for making beds, we are very happy with these three tools.įor the Pacific Northwest, the spader is surely the best tool out there for working soil in our wet springs. We want to be big enough to support our family plus the families of our workers, but small enough that what we do each day can still be called farming and not managing. We are constantly thinking about what the best size is for our farm. Our experience, however, has been shaped by a gradual recognition that in order to make our business financially sustainable, we have to farm more acres than can be worked solely by human power. ![]() Many people are drawn to the idea of small-scale agriculture because it relies much more on human-power and less on internal combustion horse-power. I really love thinking about systems and the equipment that makes them most efficient, so this year was especially fun for me. Should we change the length of our beds? Should we squeeze more rows per bed? Fewer? How should we best manage nutrients and fertility? What tools will we use to make our system work best? One of the funnest parts about moving our farm to our new property is that we got the opportunity to rethink everything about how we had been farming. ![]()
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