fall tillage completed

Discussion in 'Gardening' started by tikoo, Nov 21, 2013.

  1. tikoo

    tikoo Senior Member

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    well , while my brother had out his farm plow he tilled for me
    a half acre of sod . i do believe with a pass of the disc in the
    spring that's all the machine work i'll ever ask for . i'll be asking
    for a donkey .

    the rows will be 24" wide . twixt every row is a 40" strip of
    grass . this i'll re-seed with a clover/grass mix , which i call
    a tilth strip . this is where the soil life of worms and microbes
    abide undisturbed , and permanently so , both producing and
    conserving nutrients . they transfer horizontally from there into
    the crop row . the grass strip also gets mowed with the clippings
    sent into the rows as mulch or perhaps when general conditions
    are too wet the clippings are let lie or removed .

    i worked a smaller plot like this for three years . just stepping it
    up . i'd rather imagine a donkey will have fun helping me .

    the estimated yield for this half-acre plot is 25 bushels of flour corn
    and 6 bushels of dry beans .
     
  2. thedope

    thedope glad attention Lifetime Supporter

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    Yields estimated tillage tilled now time to pray for rain

    Should let the donkey speak for himself

    Best wishes
     
  3. tikoo

    tikoo Senior Member

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    ok , i gots big ears cept mine leftie the neighbor's dog once bit
    tis a bit less than what it mighty have bean . oh .
     

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