letmeeatcakenow

Hey! Your space looks great! I did a thing and got the city to let me farm on an abandoned pocket park. I only have 4500sqft tilled and planted. We're less than a mile from downtown of our capital city. We built a hoop house, and have a colony of bees. I have two kids under 3 and am the guardian of a dude in a group home so it's kind of a shoe string operation at this point. But I about broke even and am able to afford seeds for next year. So I've got that going for me!

Love reading your story, thanks for sharing.

What's one of the biggest mistakes you made?

I feel like I could write a book on all that I made this first year! 😜

Best of luck!

Are you me?!

I'm burnt TF out right now.

I've been bringing stuff to the food bank because I just don't have the energy to sell it. I sell everything basically from my front porch.

Thanks for the response and keep up the good work!

Beginning of the season. So much optimism. All gone at this point in the season. I'm so ready for that first hard frost.

That's fantastic!

I would love to do fruit trees 😍 we farm on public land (it's still owned by Parks and Rec) so we have a few restrictions.

I was going to do a big flower section... Which quickly turned into a "wildflower patch" so much less maintenance.

I SO feel ya on the wasted product. I am so done I am doing a You-Pick unlimited for $5 because I am so done. My kids have been sick and with the earlier and earlier sunsets my time to work without my 10 month old on my back is severely limited.

That sounds like an amazing yard! Have you ever thought of beekeeping? We have had a great season and are scaling up for more hives. We saw marked improvement with our yields this summer. As opposed to our raised beds last year.