Saturday

August 18, 2018

The only time we disturb the soil in our 7 year rotation.

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  1. What do you do in the intervening years? Leave it fallow?

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    1. We are about to sow this to lucerne which lasts for 5 years as it is an perennial. After 5 years of lucerne it needs a break so we sow 2 years in a row either oats or wheat. This makes the most of the nutrients built up in the soil by the lucerne over that 5 years. We are now aerating & incorporating the lime & poultry manure ready for it to go back to lucerne.

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  2. Interesting info, and of course photo. Cheers Diane

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  3. Beautiful looking soil. I hope those clouds darken and send rain down.

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  4. A photo and a few words says much about your farming practices.

    Alphie

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