The location in Petaluma is about a half hour away, we are being rented the land, all we have to pay is the electric bill for the pump (well water). So, far the first two months have cost around 35$. About two months ago we laid the irrigation and planted right away. The irrigation has 3/4 drip tube connected to 5/8th drip tape. The first patch of land we worked on had been tilled, the only tilled portion in our half acre. The tilled portion seems to have way more weeds than the rest of the area. The first planting was of cabbage (from transplants given to me by another farmer, Jill), fava beans (seed), pea (seed), peppers (transplants), and onion (small bulbs). The picture above is of five rows not tilled. The first three rows are peppers and eggplants from transplants. Most of the starts were grown from seed at our house. Potatoes cover the fourth row and the fifth row is left unplanted but we plan on growing melons and winter squash. There isn't nearly as bad of weed problem in this area compared to the tilled area. To start the row, we have been weeding the row, raking the soil as even as possible, then spreading a compost that is high in nitrogen. We then run the drip tape down the middle and put metal U stakes to secure the tape. We also have two long rows of tomatoes that consist of varieties like Nyagous, Pineapple, Yellow Pear, Sweet 100, Early Girl, and San Marzano. All of the plants except for the nitrogen fixing plants such as fava beans and peas have received fish emulsion with kelp to help the plants put on leaf growth and recover from transplanting.
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