Greetings,
I am considering beginning my farming journey on a very small plot of land I own in Fresno California. My go to cash crops are herbs. The land has no irrigation so my intention is “dry farming.”
I absolutely love KNF practices and thought building soil and prepping the land for either Rosemary or Garlic would be ideal. I have experience working on a Lavender farm so I am NOT going in entirely green.
How can I make this work? What be the disadvantages and advantages you can forsee?
Best Regards,
- plantnerd57 asked 3 weeks ago
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KNF works really good in this format being that its a foliar feeding system and no need for irrigation …i myself use a kinda “dry farming” method i have ruffle a 20x20ft(6x6m) garden and a few other small beds for flowers and such i use 20-30gal (75-113L) of soil prep formula at the start of the season and only use 5-10gal (18-36L) of water a week, i do fertigation through a hose end sprayer to spray my KNF formulas in my gardens that is when i water …there is a couple weeks out of the year we see high 90F (32C) and i will give the garden a lil extra water on really hot days ….the key is in the starting soil prep we want to add lots of organic material to the soil for water retention by adding compost, biochar, coco coir and/or peat moss into the soil also by using hügelkultur and/or core gardening and deep mulch methods we hold onto a whole lot of moisture then adding IMOs and creating a healthy thriving soil biome we reduce the need to water, using these methods we are recreating the way nature makes the forest floor (who waters the forest?) …the only disadvantage i could see might be the time or money spent in the setup depending on what all is done but in my opinion the return on investment we would get by reducing water usage and cost of nutrients by using KNF methods will greatly outweigh the setup in the end
Happy Experimenting – May The Force Be With You
- dagoofman answered 3 weeks ago
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dagoofman…Thank you for the advice. The initial prep will definitely be a focus, then the IMO. The land has been fallow for some time so I figured It would need some work. I appreciate your response.
- plantnerd57 answered 3 weeks ago
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