On the first day of 2023 , it ’s time to set some goals .
Last class we hit 4.5 out of 8 end , along with a destination I did n’t dare interpreter : that of corrupt a new homestead !
Now that we are on our novel land , let ’s put up some targets to dispatch
PLANT AN APPLE ORCHARD
I have ordered 16 southerly Malus pumila varieties fromCentury Farm Orchardsto test in Lower Alabama , and should be plant an orchard some time in January . That ’s the goal ! I also have another four apple trees in spate , wait to join them .
The varieties from Century Orchards are :
Shell , Hackworth , Cauley , Yates , Pomme Gris , Carolina Red , Roxbury Russet , Shockley , Little Benny , St. Clair , Jakes Seedling , Keener Seedling , Horse , Orleans , Pound , Rev. Morgan
The ones in pots are HoneyCrisp , Red Delicious , Pink Lady and Cortland . I ’d also like to add Shell , Ein Shemer , Anna , Golden Dorsett , Granny Smith , Gala , Fuji and King David , along with some seedlings and perhaps some ofSteven Edholm ’s smorgasbord .
BUILD A BIG CHICKEN COOP
The chicken chicken coop we currently have is n’t idealistic . I ’m project something heavy at the edge of the garden , with a big run and perhaps some tunnels we could run through beds . acquire more skirt would be good , as egg and meat terms are soar , plus there ’s nothing unspoilt than nursing home - raised .
HIT 500,000 SUBSCRIBERS ON YOUTUBE
We hit 250,000 in 2022 . Why not go for double ? We should have good deal to film when the conditions warm up and the new Grocery Row Gardens and solid food forest get kick the bucket .
WRITE A POST FOR EVERY WEEKDAY IN 2023
There are 260 weekday in 2023 , so we must indite 260 military post . We were 39 stake timid of hitting a Charles William Post for every weekday last yr . We can thump that , especially if I do more garden photography and establish my post around the pictures .
FINISH WRITING MINIMALIST GARDENING
Minimalist Gardeninghas 32,934 Holy Scripture completed , which is getting close to Good Guide duration . Another 10,000 Holy Scripture should wrap it up .
FINISH WRITING ALABAMA SURVIVAL GARDENING
Noah Sanders and I are working on this leger together , and his portion of it is mostly done . Now I ask to save my half , on the warm parts of Alabama . This book should be very useful to gardener here , asFlorida Survival Gardeningwas for Floridians .
LAUNCH THE TACTICAL GARDENING KICKSTARTER
I hope to set forth Tactical Gardening this yr , with the assistant of illustrator Tom Sensible . It ’s snuff it to be my epical work on death hedge , hide food , weaponizing plants , and more . The idea has been recoil around in my principal for almost 8 years , but I want to ensure there ’s a demand for it . Hence the Kickstarter . If it resurrect enough support , I ’ll consort with it . The book will be BIG , so it require to be worth creating .
GROW 1,000 POUNDS OF FOOD
Is n’t it about time to bump off some good numbers again ? We now have decent soil and sight of cow manure . I think it has to happen .
LANDRACE EVERYTHING
We ’d wish to continue our landrace experiments and get back to breeding a vigorous and various Moschata pumpkin , as well as our own corn variety . 2022 was an out-and-out fail on those projects as the weather was a crash , which was compounded by the terrible soil at The Sand Pit of Death .
We ’re mixing radishes , squash racquets , maize , pumpkins , cucumber and gumbo together in various seedlines I ’m write right now . By the oddment of the year , I desire to have some good collections of mixed - up seeds we may be able to pop the question small amounts of through Daisy’sGood Gardens Seed Store .
I was working with caboodle of cassava type , too , but I retrieve our last huge freeze may have freeze all my cane carving for this year . It might just be too far to promote on a regular basis .
GRAFT ALL THE BRADFORD PEARS
There are Bradford pear seedling all over our kingdom . I ’d like to abridge down all the Zea mays everta trees around them , then trim down the pear tree back and overgraft all of them with better variety in the bound .
HARVEST A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF FIREWOOD
Ideally , we ’ll be able-bodied to write out enough wood this year that we can easily hot up the planetary house in the winter . This is a new one for us !
MAKE THE COTTAGE A GUEST HOUSE
We have a servant ’s house on our holding that demand a lot of care . It ’s currently stuffed with detritus and has a broken chimney and broken water pipe . With some study , it could be a lovely little bungalow for chit-chat family .
PLANT A DEATH HEDGE
We need to figure out exactly where the front edge of the dimension Trygve Halvden Lie , then plant it with a obtuse hedge .
FINISH READING THE DECLINE AND FALL
I ’m over half - way throughThe Decline and Fall of the Roman Empirebut the repose of the series is hide in a box seat somewhere . I ’d care to finish it in 2023 . This ties into our need to …
BUILD A GIANT WALL OF BOOKSHELVES
Randall and I cut wood for this purpose . Now that pine needs to be planed and turned into a big wall of shelves . Then , hopefully , we can empty boxes of books until I get hold the rest of Gibbon .
… and I recollect that ’s it .
What are your goals ?
