Mount Zion 2016

[MountZionCollec]

Just finished up the hoophouse yesterday at lunch time. 20' wide, 93' long. Had to cut one line of hoops out it was too long which is why it's 3' shorter.

We will be germinating seeds for the outdoor crop early May, and for the hoophouse crop early June.

April will be spent preparing the soil, putting in fences, site preparation etc.


Will be putting in the order for chickens soon. I'm thinking well start with 30, maybe 10 different varieties, and hope to get ~10 egg laying chickens out of them.

Also I'm post poning the purchase of an Awassi Ewe until next year. I'm going to purchase an Icelandic Ram and Ewe from milking lines. I'm trying to get these two from Montana who will be giving birth in May! Bring on the Raw Sheeps milk!

 

[MountZionCollec]

Bud the Ram (white)
Amethyst the Ewe (black). Due for babies in July.

Icelandic triple purpose sheep: milk, meat, wool.

Presently arranging a purchase.

 

[jbarsk8]

Hoops look good, love the sheep. I was thinking about Boer goats. How do the sheep taste? Will you have a butcher come in to take care of business or handle yourself?

 

[MountZionCollec]

Hoops look good, love the sheep. I was thinking about Boer goats. How do the sheep taste? Will you have a butcher come in to take care of business or handle yourself?

Most sheep have a strong flavor, one reason people eat the lambs. Icelandic sheep are prized for having the most mild "mutton" flavor. I've heard reports of 2 year old Icelandic Rams with less mutton flavor then a domestic lamb. The sheep industry is a joke in the states. I'm going to start a large breeding program of multiple breeds in the future.

I will be killing them myself in a proper way, then probably pay a butcher to cut it up for me.

I was originally looking into goats but then turned to sheep. goats are just too damn mischevious, jumping up on everything and causing more of a ruckus. Make sure to buy a good Ram, I've heard of so many bad ram stories where I would have "handled it myself" right then and there . Also Sheeps milk is more creamy, higher protein and fat for better yield on cheese-butter-creme etc. I like the flavor of Sheeps cheese and yogurt better then goat as well.

 

[jbarsk8]

Most sheep have a strong flavor, one reason people eat the lambs. Icelandic sheep are prized for having the most mild "mutton" flavor. I've heard reports of 2 year old Icelandic Rams with less mutton flavor then a domestic lamb. The sheep industry is a joke in the states. I'm going to start a large breeding program of multiple breeds in the future.

I will be killing them myself in a proper way, then probably pay a butcher to cut it up for me.

I was originally looking into goats but then turned to sheep. goats are just too damn mischevious, jumping up on everything and causing more of a ruckus. Make sure to buy a good Ram, I've heard of so many bad ram stories where I would have "handled it myself" right then and there . Also Sheeps milk is more creamy, higher protein and fat for better yield on cheese-butter-creme etc. I like the flavor of Sheeps cheese and yogurt better then goat as well.

Very well thought out, impressive

 

[MountZionCollec]

Rows are almost finished getting put in. should finish up tomorrow. Then I need to get all the soil tilled, plus in the 2500 square foot veggie garden.

Then need to have my new apprentice, my cousin, wheel barrel down 15 yards of hummus evenly over the rows. Then I will apply all of the dry amendments based on square footage and then mix it in with a hoe.

Get the chicken coupe and run built.

Prepare for the Sheeps arrival on May 6th.

Build the fence for the veggie garden and main garden

Blast a bunch of ground squirrel holes with the Rotonater

Then take a small vacation along the ocean until the real fun begins.

 

[Lochinvar]

lookin' proper man. the pine beetles given you even more sun

 

[gorilla ganja]

loving the set up. Almost looks like a bear sneaking up on you in the second pic. Had to take another look.
When are you putting them in the ground?

Cheers GG

 

[MountZionCollec]

lookin' proper man. the pine beetles given you even more sun

Man you don't even KNOW! I need to tell my neighbor to let me pay someone to remove those dead trees the two neighbors to my left (trees block early morning sun till 9am) has about 50-100 dead trees from the beetles and it's only getting worse the longer he leaves them.

2nd batch of sauerkraut is almost done! Been fermenting for a bit. I don't think I mashed them long enough though because the first jar we opened still had a bunch of crunch, it was about 1/2 as tasty as yours but we're learning!

 

[MountZionCollec]

loving the set up. Almost looks like a bear sneaking up on you in the second pic. Had to take another look.
When are you putting them in the ground?

Cheers GG

Lol nope just a wheel barrel, I'm in all black my cousin is the one on the left. Believe my dog is licking her vagina in the center bottom right just looks like a white brown ball.

We are germinating the outdoor batch early May before May 10. i will transplant late May to early June straight into the ground, whenever they start busting out of the 3.5" pots. I will plant about 700 at 1' spacing. Then kill about every other by early June, leaving me 300-350 females outdoor and 150 in the hoophouse. Once I put them in ground I will germinate the hoophouse crop, transplant them in late June to early July.

 

[MountZionCollec]

Pic 1: just under 1" of OMRI green waste compost purchased in bulk to slightly boost organic matter. The native soil on this part of the property is about 14% organic matter. I'm just looking to slowly increase it this year and use my own compost starting next year.

Pic 2: thin layer of gypsum to balance out the compost that is not balanced and is very low in calcium.

Pic 3: first run through with my friends Rear tine tiller. First pass to mix in hummus and gypsum and to break out first layer of rocks. Second run to get deeper rocks and fully till missed areas. 3rd till should ensure no rocks are left and everything is well mixed. Then I will mix the other dry amendments with a hoe just gently into the top few inches and let the rain and microbes go to work for 6 weeks.

 

[Manivelle]

..my dream

 

[theJointedOne]

Nice

 

[MountZionCollec]

First two pics of ~2500 square foot produce garden. Shits about to get crazy in here. I'm doing 4' rows and a little under 2' walkways. Somewhere around 200 different edible items in here. The 32 blackberries, rasberries and hybrids plus the grapes will be in another area.

The Rock is just under 3' wide.

My apprentice added about 1/2" old potting soil across all the outdoor Cannabis garden rows.

In hoophouse we have about 2-3" of old potting soil on the top.

Sheeps arrive next Friday, will start germinating just after that. Will have all amendments in soil by Monday. Gotta get the drip irrigation ordered.

I dropped hash fruit. Doing 250 Panama DC fem and no regular. Cut sweet skunk down to 90, cut the other chimera orders down by 1-2 packs, then added 100 mental floss and 70 dolce sativa.

 

[VonBudí]

600 skunkman Thai*Haze*skunk, 600 Original Haze*skunk #1, 200 mixed seeds*originalhazeskunk#1

how late will these finish for you?subbed

 

[MountZionCollec]

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I will be germinating the hoophouse crop at the beginning of June, just after I transplant the outdoor crop into the ground as I will use the same 3.5" pots. I plan to transplant into hoophouse end of June, beginning of July. When they'll finish up? I'm expecting a steady harvest in the hoophouse starting the 3rd week of October until just before January 1st.

Depending on the weather many of the later phenos may not do well with the low night temps. Well see, I am most excited about these so even if a bunch do not work out, I will certainly find plenty that will when I run them as cuttings in 2017!

 

[Manivelle]

have you think about heating the hoop house with jean pain compost method ?
[YOUTUBEIF]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHRvwNJRNag[/YOUTUBEIF]

 

[MountZionCollec]

have you think about heating the hoop house with jean pain compost method ?
[YOUTUBEIF]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHRvwNJRNag[/YOUTUBEIF]

I don't know much about it I am starting to look into it now, thanks for the suggestion!

 

[MountZionCollec]

I've made 10 passes with the tiller in all gardens and still pulling out layers of rocks. I think after 10 passes my soil is just now reaching "field quality status" as I just now have a pure 6" of soil with no rocks, and a few more feet apparently filled with them. It isn't like its a straight layer of rocks beyond 6". I'm going to keep going until I have 9" with zero rocks, the dep of the tiller and tne pick axe my apprentice has been swinging hundreds of times daily breaking up the soil and rocks.

Adding amendments now.
Per 1000 square feet

50 pounds calphos
50 pounds fish bone meal
70 pounds oyster shell
25 LB Epsom salt
20 LB cab meal
20 LB feather meal
20LB kelp meal
20Lb Azomite
1 LB borax, mule team
15 LB Iron ferrous sulfate 20%
3 LB Redmond salt
7 LB Manganese sulfate 32%
1.8Lb Copper sulfate 25%
2.5LB Zinc sulfate 35%
Humate Ore 10 pounds
1" of hummus
Thin layer of gypsum
1/2-1" of old orgsnic potting soil

 

[FoothillFarming]

Seems like a great plan, however some of those amendments look in excess to me. The one that really jumps out at me is the Boran, 1 lb of borax per 1000sq ft?

You seem like you know what your doing, so maybe you could explain how you came up with this soil mix? Soil tests? Years past experience ext ext.... Thank you, love to hear from the pro's.