Starting a small-farm vegetable project: Part 2

The process of developing a small vegetable farm is gradual and the full benefits will only be realised later, writes Bill Kerr.

- Bill Kerr

Although you can already get good production in the first year of starting vegetable production, the process is ongoing. By following the steps described below, you can fast-track with some extra effort in the beginning.

You will have to do some tillage in the first year, and if you don’t already own a tractor, you can hire someone to do this initial work. Thereafter no further tractor work will be essential.

It is very important to have a soil analysis done in order to determine what is already in your soil and what needs to be applied and incorporated.

Phosphorous moves very slowly down the soil profile and thus needs to be incorporated while this opportunity is available.