I have a buddy that I used to take canoe trips down the river and camp with. As we have gotten older, we don't go like we used to. But he has been hearing about my tarp and paracord camp, and was interested in setting something up for himself. The company he works for has 40 acres of timberland he got permission to "hunt, fish, camp or do whatever you want to do" on. I spent some time studying Google Maps trying to see if there was enough sunny spots to try growing on the land. I found four possible spots, but they were all across a creek. We set today as the day we would go back and check things out. I went into town early, and he had forgot about our plan. He was not dressed for the woods. I had already came in, so I went ahead without him. He was going to go home and change, and I would come back to the truck at lunch time. The creek turned out to be a swamp. I got across it, but not without muddy shoes and wet pant's legs. I found two of the "sunny" spots but they were not near as much sun as I would have liked. I cut several trees trying to improve it, but when I started digging, the ground was too wet for weed. If we do decide to try it, we will have to use pots or grow bags. {or a kiddie pool like @TWS} Crossing the swamp with my shovel and small pack of fertilizer was a chore, so I'm not sure we can bring in enough soil to make it worthwhile.
When I came back at lunch to get him, he saw how muddy I was and decided he would have to wait for another day when he had rubber boots with him. I went back across, but didn't get any holes dug.
I was going to grow about 16 plants with him to help him out. He is always broke and has trouble buying weed. I figured with a little help he could grow what he needs. Not sure if I want to now. Like it is now, it's almost too wet, and the water can get much higher. This was going to be a split grow, half my Sidetracked: strain, and half bag seeds from his next bag of weed. I'll give him a couple of weeks to do some scouting. If he acts like he is serious about it, I don't mind helping him. I just don't want to do all the work, then split it right down the middle.
Here was what I was going to pack in. For each 4 plant patch I was planning to use five gallons of the soil mix I did this weekend, plus 6 cups each of 13-13-13 and 15-0-15, 1 cup of lime, 1 cup of bone meal and 1/4 cup Epson salts.
One of his coworkers was hanging around, so I couldn't take the soil, but I did manage to get a small pack with two of the ziplock bags and my shovel into the woods when he had gone inside for a minute. I did find the first spot I was looking for. It was two downed trees, but still not a great amount of sun. I cut several trees there.
I had to cross a whole lot of this to get to what I called dry land. But even the dry land was too wet to grow in the ground. Not sure if this is going to work out or not.
