FIELD NOTE 01 · 1/72 LEARNED Two growing seasons, not one
Austin’s long frost-free calendar is deceptive. The reliable garden windows are spring and fall; midsummer becomes a water-and-shade problem. Tomatoes and beans open spring, heat-tough okra and peppers carry summer, roots and greens return in fall, and covered carrots or spinach can bridge winter.
Four-person reserve runway0 supplied days Food 13d
Water 14+d
Energy 13d
≈Water-wise0/3 water systems○Farm breakfast0/12 eggs✦Twelve harvests0/12 harvests7Supplied week0/7 supplied days1A year supplied0/112 supplied days☼Four seasons shared0/4 gatherings♥Walk the rows together0/12 check-ins · 0/3 teammatesAAustin field journal1/20 lessons8Network known by name0/8 local needs§Living land atlas1/72 lessons▦Shelf stable0/8 batches◇Chartered year0/4 charters♧Local seedkeeper0/6 seed lots△Weather ready0/6 forecasts▤Working acreage9/15 beds≋Soil builder0/8 compost rounds⌒Shoulder seasons0/8 covered harvests⚒Made to mend0/8 repair rounds⌂Social heart0/6 gatherings · pavilion needed∿Water in the ground0/3 linked systems≈Shared waters0/4 pond rounds◎Salt and sun0/4 pool rounds✚Clean start0/4 sanitation rounds↦Arrival ready0/2 arrival systems✥First place, new facebarn renewal needed⚗Field to maker table0/3 craft links≭Honest fiber0/2 fiber stages▧Process accounted0/2 pulp stages⌘Common ground0/4 Commons systems4Four seasons in common0/4 operating reserves
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