As I mentioned previously, I give myself a D+ for the past year’s effort. That means there’s still a long way to go, so the goal for this year is to stay the course with what I am already doing.

Staying the course means resisting the temptation to add more when what I am already doing is not quite working yet. I have a lot of ideas I would like to try, but before I do, I want the stuff I’ve already started to work.

To that end, I will be focusing on the following efforts this year:

• Install at least half the fencing needed to improve our pasture management.
• Continue to expand our chicken operation, to include the addition of chicken tractors to our existing coop.
• Improve our pasture management by taming the weeds using goats.
• Successfully harvest something from our test garden which will include:
  • Maris Widgeon Wheat (planted Fall 2010)
  • Painted Mountain Flour Corn
  • Taylor’s Dwarf Horticultural Beans
  • Dale Sorghum
  • Hulless Oats
  • Hulless Barley
  • Japanese Hulless Popcorn
  • Cascade Hops
  • Magnum Hops
  • Sterling Hops
  • And, possibly, others I have not mentioned

My hope is that, by the end of this year, I can improve my grade to at least a C+ and have something to show for it too. Keep reading on this site for updates.

DLH