We just finished our 2019 garden plans for our potager garden. I can't rave enough about The Farmer's Almanac's Garden Planner. I originally tried the one through BHG.com that is free. It's great if you are doing a small backyard garden. But it is really limited on what plants you can use or what buildings/planters are available. I don't believe you can design an area over 100 sq ft. The farmer's Almac Garden Planner is completely worth the $29 a year, if you need a more comprehensive planner.. It's another $6 for the app, if you want to connect them altogether. I was able to get 10% off the program the day after Thanksgiving though. The Farmer's Almanac lets you design up to a 10,000 sq ft at a time. Which I thought at first I would map out most of the farm's growing beds with that. But I found it too overwhelming. I personally like doing a section at a time. Maybe one general full farm plan without a ton of detail, but not al
I am posting this for interested investors. A Honey & Lavender Farm in Sierra Highlands Ranch St. Johns, Arizona Jonathan & Rachel Nelson October 21, 2018 Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 Management Plan 3 Land Management 3 SWOT Analysis 4 Risk Assessment 4 Production and Products 5 Capital Investments 5 Description of Markets 6 Marketing Plan 6 My Target Customer 7 Second Year Plan 8 Long Term Goals 8 Calendar of Important Activities 8 & 9 Budget
So, beeing (see what I did there? If you don't like that, you should probably stop reading now.) that we are starting a farm relatively soon, and said farm is going to have honeybees on it, I thought it might be a good idea to start reading up on beekeeping. I went online and bought a few highly recommended books and started reading. The first one that I read is from many people's go-to informational book menagerie, the dummy series. Beekeeping for dummies actually comes very highly recommended by many experienced beekeepers. They all agree it's very informative and a great reference for both newbees and experienced beekeepers. It's written by Howland Blackiston, a former president of the Backyard Beekeepers Association and an international lecturer on bees and beekeeping. Part 1 As any book having to do with caring for any living beeing should, it starts out helping you make the important decision of whether or not you ACTUALLY want
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