What would you grow in a small field

[stella]

Hi I have a small uncultivated field that at the moment is used for nothing!!!! We already grow vines, have a big veg patch, have animals, a lavender field and I am now stuck for ideas of what to do with this field. It is on a slope with no water avaible and we have no equipment. An ideas

[binley100]

Peas ? see thread about what nuggets you've learnt

"It is impossible to grow enough Peas. Unless you have a whole field! " Quote G4

[Pies]

apples,pears,plums etc

[Glutton4...]

Yup, Peas and Onions, and Garlic. What about CAAAAAKE? Can you grow cakes? Maybe that was a dream?

Sh*t! What was in that Coffee!

[Liza]

An orchard and pigs.

[stella]

We already have quite a few fruit trees and we are only there in the summer so I want something I can put in in May and harvest in Sept. Have been thinking about wheat although we would have to do all the work by hand?!?

[binley100]

Yup, Peas and Onions, and Garlic. What about CAAAAAKE? Can you grow cakes? Maybe that was a dream?

Sh*t! What was in that Coffee!

magic mushrooms........???

[Snadger]

Which COUNTRY are we talking about here?

[zazen999]

Which COUNTRY are we talking about here?

That was gonna be my question.....

[stella]

Sorry I should have said, Italy. So wet in Spring then boiling in summer the field is west facing.

[binley100]

An olive grove ?

[stella]

I would love one but we 300m above sea level -15 in the winter so the trees would not survive. We do have one in a pot but have to bring it in in the winter and wrap it in fleece.

[Two_Sheds]

What do your Italian neighbours grow in their fields?

[DarkCrow]

Sheep. msg too short... 10 sheep...

[stella]

Italian neighbours have a lot of wild flower meadows (which look very pretty) as most are elderly and their sons have moved away to towns as there is no money in farming and it is a hard life. Some grow wheat to sell on or hay for the animals they keep.

We already have goats and next year 1 sheep to fatten then for the pot before we leave.
The field in question is not fenced in so not possible to have animals on it. We need to feed ourselves somehow from it.