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large scale gardening

> Subject: Large Scale Gardening
>
> Hello all,
>
> My wife and I just moved out to an organic farm/garden where we work
> evenings and weekends in exchange for rent.  We have had a medium
>
> The farm we're now at is much larger in scale and uses the
> 'standard' row crop technique.  I'm wondering if there are any fairly
> large organic farms/gardens out there that use the square foot
> technique or some variation of it.  I'd imagine that we would need at
> least 100 squares or more for the amount of produce we have.  It just
> seems to me that more intensive planting to reduce the weeding burden

Hi!

There is a mailing list that may be better able to help you.  It's sanet
- sustainable agriculture.  I can't find their address right now.  There
is also a permaculture-mg list from almanac@ces.ncsu.edu  Let me know if
you want sanet's address and I'll poke around and see what I can find.
(Sanet is where I would look first).

I will try to get you hooked up with Joel Gruver, he's getting a degree
in sustainable agriculture.

Also ATTRA (Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas - a federal
government agency to encouragement sustainable agriculture) surely will
have a packet of information on Intensive Market Gardening or something
like that.  Their number is:  1-800-346-9140.  You can also send an email
to Anne Fanatico ANNEF@NCATFYV.UARK.EDU She is very helpful, and has
helped me with our pastured poultry.  ATTRA also helped with growing
organic grains, soybean prep for livestock feed, and sustainable dairying.

Another lead:  John Jeavons book _How to Grow More Than You Ever Thought
Possible on Less Land Than You Ever Thought Possible_ or something like
that.  We are considering intensively planting wheat and oats and
buckwheat on our 14 acres.

Sorry, I'm off topic, but if we can get the bigger places more
sustainable, we've made a huge leap.

Marcy

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