Live out my dreams of being a farmer and of producing food from my own land. Learning how to care for plants in a way that also cares for the soil and the animals, promoting diversity and robust abundance.
This project started in September 2024, when I acquired the field. My plan is to document this process best I can, in a way that doesn't take away from any time working on the field. Going in, I don't have much, if any, prior experience in farming or tree planting. I'm going for an experimental approach and learning as I go, using mostly hand tools and my own (wo)manpower.
This first winter I'm planting as many trees and hedges as I can while in the dormant period, with the hopes that they'll take off in spring. My main risks are the large rabbit and deer population that roam the area. They will eat and destory any tree or plant that is within their reach.
Wish me luck. :)
I’m off to my field this morning, I should hurry up and get there. Will do some more bean planting, not hugely excited about the effort required, but keen to try my new twister tool, which has now arrived. Let’s see how it goes…
Mid-week this week I went to visit my land, I probably need to be going twice a week right now. I bought a pickaxe (actually mattock) and 10kg of broad beans to plant as a cover crop. I went to try out the process; I had no idea if my mattock planting ide
This week I’ve been prioritising my land, my food forest; pending an official name. Now I’ve completed on it, it’s officially mine, about 3.5 acres of land. Estimated size is 40m by 200m…
Here I will be documenting the journey from converting a field into a forest. In the summer of 2024, I purchase 3.5 acres of land in Kent, England. I
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