We have about an acre of pasture we'd like to use as a community garden, all produce going to the food bank.
We're in Western Washington, cool wet winters, mild summers with a moderate 90-degree dry spell from July to September. Sadly, the only water we can expect is rainfall.
I wanted to plant two crops: May 2010, sweet corn. Harvest in 45 days? Then rototill the soil, inocculate with rhizobium and plant broccoli in late July, harvest in two cuttings, September and late November. Then rototill and re-inocculate for corn again in May, and sugar snap peas in August.
How should I proceed? I don't know that I can expect much help from the Church: most of the congregation is over sixty and few are active gardeners.
