I just took a break and looked out my kitchen window, there's a storm coming. This is a good night to curl up with my seed catalogues and dream of next year's garden. After an hour or so of this, you can float gently back to reality and, before putting anything down on paper, visualize last year's garden and the changes you want to make this year, just this year, not ten years from now. You can then proceed to draw a working plan for next summer's garden.
Gardening is a knowledge intensive business.
The more you know about your soil, plants and climate, the greater the odds that you will create a garden that will thrive. If you goal is to increase the amount of food that you grow for your family the more you know , the greater the odds that you will succeed. Get out and walk around your property through the four seasons. Make notes and refer to them as you develop your overall design. This week, we are beginning an exploration of a three part series on designing for food security.