With so many animals soil building should happen pretty quick! Get yourself some rabbits... They produce great manure that doesn't have to be composted...you can plant straight into it! My rabbit herd started with just one pair of rabbits, but after I used their manure in just one raised...
I have eight laying hens, a few tameish feral cats, and a jack russel that I highly suspect might really be some kind of alien sent here to study humanity... I'm soon to add quail, utility pigeons and a pair of ducks.
Unfortunately they list mostly commercial varieties and I prefer open polinated heirlooms. Fortunately I live near Baker Creek Heirloom Seed company now, and they have been very helpful in suggesting alternatives that perform well locally.
TOMATOES!!! Lots and lots of tomatoes.
I'm also fascinated by the giant variety of winter squash and sample a few new ones in addition to my perennial favorites every year. Several varieties of beans. Potatoes, sweet potatoes, turnips, carrots, parsnips, beets (mostly yellow ones)...
Only the very best kind! And sadly no, I'm not growing them now. Medical marijuana just passed in MO, but the grow permits are going to be very restricted and reserved only for the rich who can afford to jump through the hoops.
I LOVE Baker's Creek! When I lived in CA I was close enough to their Sabastapol seed bank location to drive there and pick up seeds, and now where I live in Missouri is close enough to go to Baker Creek!!! I went to their spring planting festival last year and it was awesome. I was able to...
Hello! I am an urban homesteader living in Missouri. I love gardening. I always put out a large veggie garden and I'm always looking for new edible/useful landscape plants to add to my yard. The property that I live on is still a work in progress, I moved here a little over a year ago from...