Dream Land

Yes, dream land. The house is important but so is the land it is on.

Needs:
-as large as possible
-a Barn
-water of some kind
-working driveway
-???

Wants:
-River
-Barns
-Pond
-Established orchard
-raised flower beds
-sewer connection
-???
-???
-???
-???
-???

Ok, so my list needs a lot more work. I have... some time left?

Meep.

Another test

Because the first set of posts had the image that there was a new post... but not the link.

You know, that tiny little thing that lets people actually read what the update is?

Time to see if this is fixed now.

*UPDATe*

It worked! yeay!

. . . I should probably be responsable and put links on the other posts on twitter... but not today.

Cover crops

If I am going to start with a lazy first and second year farm/garden I will have to start with some cover crops to kill off the weeds. The most important part is that is must die in the winter. If not, then it just becomes another weed.

The first problem is figuring out what zone my possible house will be in.

I... am looking at the whole of NYS right now for a potential home. I have no problems looking for a new job when the time to move hits. And while my family wants me as close to NYC as possible, I would prefer closer to Sarratoga. Or, ya know, were ever my dream house is.

Oats for wet ground and oats for the bees. There is mention of oilseed radishes also. And since Clover is a traditional thing, I'll probably have that as well.

Oh yeah, and sunflowers.

If I recall, most of New York was in zone 7. But I heard something a few years (in 2012) ago about the zones being changed or expanded? After looking at this map I am way wrong. NYS is a mix of 6-4. Well crap.

Yeah, I have a lot of research to do.