OP
OP
ratto
Recycles dryer sheets
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2011
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Thanks for great suggestions on the "heritage", "heirloom", and "open pollinated" varieties. My dream farming land in my retirement will not be large, maybe around 1-2 acres, just for self sufficiency goal only. So the traditional non-GM seeds should be doing OK.
Farming is indeed a hard work, and carries its inherent inevitable losses due to a lot of unpredictable factors such as weather, insects, diseases, etc. So the best strategy is to plant more to compensate a certain amount of loss. This is what I learned from my vegetable gardening so far, from mosaic virus to early/late blight, from groundhog tunneling garden bed to blue jays pecking on tomatoes. But it keeps my physical fit and busy, and also provides a valuable learning experience from my own mistakes and mother nature. Still it will be a quite while before my dream can come true, but I believe I can make it. Patience is gold.
Happy new year to everyone. Have a peaceful, healthy and prosperous new year of 2012!
Farming is indeed a hard work, and carries its inherent inevitable losses due to a lot of unpredictable factors such as weather, insects, diseases, etc. So the best strategy is to plant more to compensate a certain amount of loss. This is what I learned from my vegetable gardening so far, from mosaic virus to early/late blight, from groundhog tunneling garden bed to blue jays pecking on tomatoes. But it keeps my physical fit and busy, and also provides a valuable learning experience from my own mistakes and mother nature. Still it will be a quite while before my dream can come true, but I believe I can make it. Patience is gold.
Happy new year to everyone. Have a peaceful, healthy and prosperous new year of 2012!
