couple patches of green, where I put some cover crop seed in. I put some other seeds around these beds a week or so ago, and don't see anything from them as of yet, but the cover crop seems to have taken to several of the spots. I germinated some test bean seeds from extra bags of black beans and pinto, lima I think, anyway - just extra cheap grocery store beans I had and they all germinated, so I mixed the three bags up and put several spots of beans just to see what will happen. Even if they don't grow enough to produce beans, they won't hurt the soil.
Think I'll plant several things this fall, trees, bushes, all from seed - in some strategic places, and then look to take out more trees during winter to open things up more for next year.
Going to take this thread over to permies.com // seems like there is more of a following over there so, see you over there.
