Posted by RN on September 20, 2011 at 09:06:26 from (184.60.1.148):
In Reply to: what to plant?? posted by dave2 on September 20, 2011 at 02:18:40:
Wet and little direct sun? Forget the grains, won"t have enough sun. Try turnips or beets- the European "mangol?" variety of cousin to sugar beet- The seeds will germinate in cool, wet soil better than grains or grass seed and the tops will crowd nettles while providing a forage crop in a part shade growing area. Kale may be another possible cover crop- again grows in less than full sun and can be harvested as forage chop or simple scythe/sickle cut for rabbit or human food. 1/4 acre is small enough for hand work, especially as you note forager/gleaners are in neighborhood. You could let growth get knee high and make a pass through with chopper for pig or chicken feed- or take a pair of horses with 50 foot ropes on halter and let them nibble couple hours twice a week to trim circles. Might consider a bit of moldboard plowing to make Irish/Dutch planting beds about a meter wide with 1/2 meter shallow ditch between beds- old 20hp Ford 9N could do that with the 2-12 plows and was done in New Jersey moist grounds for commercial garden beds growing lots of grrens for market. Dutch, Italian and Prussian farmers do same thing on low, moist grounds. Hugelkulture beds should be known in your area of Bavaria- the plow technique is just a quick way to get similar mounds to plant instead of hand spading. RN
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