2. Dietary Assessment
4 Adult Household
2,000 calories per person per day
Currently we eat way more meat and grains than would
ever be possible to produce on our land or even the
surrounding land. I believe this is neither sustainable nor
healthy. (Bane, 106 – 107)
Much of our diet could be replaced with more nutritious
fruits and vegetables. (Conner, 32)
The space calculations assume low end average yields
and also adding them together would assume everything
is being grown at once which is not the case.
6. Microclimate Map
Discussion
The front of the property near the road tends to be hotter
and dryer due to the heat island effect of the road and
driveway. Additionally, the front yard is the highest land
on the property.
As one goes east on the property the climate gets overall
colder and wetter and lowers in elevation albeit slowly.
Additionally, the property is fairly well shaded by trees.
Frost pockets tend to form close to the house and back in
the wooded area.
Winter winds generally blow from the Northeast and
Summer breezes tend to blow from the South.
7. Microclimate Map
Discussion (cont.)
The one area of our yard that gets 8 hours of sun is the middle. This area
is really the only suitable place (as-is) to grow fruit bearing plants like
tomatoes, peppers, and watermelon. It is likewise the only suitable place
for grains like corn and wheat due to their high light requirements.
The shady areas closer to the house could be used to grow shade tolerant
plants such as beets, lettuce, carrots, and peas. Potatoes would also likely
tolerate some shade, but could be grown in buckets and placed on
impermeable surfaces. Tomatoes could likewise be bucketed.
The truly shady areas could be used for spinach, and herb gardens, but
could also be used to produce strawberries in some quantity.
Legumes would be intercropped essentially everywhere I could fit them,
though would probably do fine in orange areas detailed on the map.