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I am sort of in an in between between commercial large scale farmers and allotment gardeners. I don't want tonnes of seed but I bought what I thought was a lot of seeds from chilterns but they space I covered has not make much of a dent in my 90x60ft approx growing area. I have more land wild that I can allot to grow but not going to yet until I make this area productive reliably.
You only get 20 or 30 seeds per pack.
What could I grow that will be cheap to buy kilos and grow fast?
Grains are good for this and they are growing well.
I want to grow on a larger scale than a back garden but also not the scale of the commercial level. I am trying to figure out what stuff I can grow but also pointless growing stuff where I will have a glut and it goes to waste. but I am thinking of things that I can dry and keep - put a few different kind of peas in but as above the little packs didn't get far.
I think I will try growing from supermarket/health food store packets in the kilos and give less of a care about the varitiers, more about getting the land covered before the weeds take hold and the land goes wild again!
I am thinking I will grow surplus to sell at some point once I find crops that do well. Heritage grains as of particular interest to me and so far they are doing well on my heavy clay soil. Spelt coming along nicely as well as a couple of other lesser known wheat types.
So I guess my question is what is good to grow at scale, cheap seeds and can be dried? Oats are another I have just put down on a small patch to test. Also meant to be great for poorer soils.
You only get 20 or 30 seeds per pack.
What could I grow that will be cheap to buy kilos and grow fast?
Grains are good for this and they are growing well.
I want to grow on a larger scale than a back garden but also not the scale of the commercial level. I am trying to figure out what stuff I can grow but also pointless growing stuff where I will have a glut and it goes to waste. but I am thinking of things that I can dry and keep - put a few different kind of peas in but as above the little packs didn't get far.
I think I will try growing from supermarket/health food store packets in the kilos and give less of a care about the varitiers, more about getting the land covered before the weeds take hold and the land goes wild again!
I am thinking I will grow surplus to sell at some point once I find crops that do well. Heritage grains as of particular interest to me and so far they are doing well on my heavy clay soil. Spelt coming along nicely as well as a couple of other lesser known wheat types.
So I guess my question is what is good to grow at scale, cheap seeds and can be dried? Oats are another I have just put down on a small patch to test. Also meant to be great for poorer soils.
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