Today we spent a whole lot of time on the tractor. We borrowed our landlord, Mr. Harms' John Deere 3020 and tilled up 6 acres our new land. Year after year, for the last fifty years this acreage has been planted in conventional corn and soybeans. Tomorrow we will be planting it with clover, alfalfa and grasses, just the way it was for a hundred years before the "green revolution". We also tilled 2 more acres of our future crop fields. These we will plant in a cover crop of peas and oats, which we will then let grow for the rest of the year to protect the soil and provide fertility for next year's vegetables.
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| She's a cowgirl. On a steel horse she rides. |
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| Ridin' dirty |
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