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Smallholding Crop Planning

Proper Planting Begins With Planning

Jon Tillman | Filed Under: Smallholding | Tagged: offgrid, Asturias
First Published: 2025-02-05| Last Updated: 2024-09-11
Status: stub| Audience: dirt nerds| Confidence: aficionado

Since we are not (primarily) commercial farmers, and grow food mostly to feed ourselves, we have slightly different needs in software than a commercial market gardener might. Specifically, we wanted to begin with what we already ate, what we might want to add to that, and work out from there into a pretty specific set of things we should be growing.

Planning A Diet

Essentially this is the “what do I want to eat?” stage of planning. Except we need to figure that out in advance. Sometimes, like in the case of fruit and nut trees, 5 or 10 years in advance!

Macronutrient Planning

Fats

Carbohydrates

Proteins

Culinary Triangle Planning

Starch

Protein

Vegetable / Fruit

Recipe Planning

Fresh Eating

Preserving

Planning A Garden

Beds

Permanent Beds

Bed Equipment

Planning