I spent some time today researching different cover crops. We are going to bare fallow (no seeding during the whole vegetation period) 1 1/2 of our fields (gotta give'em a rest for a season or two). The cover crops that were planted after harvest last year in those fields will be allowed to grow through the season. They will naturally add biomass/nutrients to next season's soil as well as protect from erosion, weeds, pests, etc. Rye and hairy vetch are mainstays on this farm as they fare well in the colder parts of the year.
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"Started" (read: woke) at 8:30 this morning. Eggs and greens for breakfast again.
To the greenhouse shortly after for the first check. Not a whole lotta sun (or warmth for that matter) today so watering everything was not necessary. However, we've got some lettuce (the variety escapes me at the moment) that is really taking off. As its leaves get bigger its transpiration rate increases so even if there is little to no watering for other plants the lettuce will still need water daily.
Oh, and check out our "lil" onions. Awesome.
So... to rock. That was the large part of my day.
This in the middle of field B (mug is to get idea of rock size. Mugs do not occur naturally. ha).
3-4 hours of swingin any combination of these
left me with this...
What to say...? Body rockin. Kids, remember to wear your safety glasses if you're going to do anything like this. Saved me a couple times today. Must remember to stretch before bed too. Or else.
This evening was spent refining our crop maps and starting to document (pics) the weekly progress of each field/crop. This will be used for reference in coming years. Along those lines, I mentioned field F (this year's new field) a couple days ago. Just for reference, here's what it looks like today.
Will definitely keep you posted on its progress.
Btw, thanks for reading this blog and for the comments so far. Much appreciated.
And now, a little rest and thoughts of the coming week. Dig.
2 comments:
Use those big muscly arms and not the back... If you do, stretch like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwSPOPi7gmc&feature=related
Do it with more style than this guy does though...
No stretches for eye damage, but try these: http://www.drinkstuff.com/productimg/3029.jpg
Dude. That's one killer mug formation. I saw me one summamabitchofamug that was TEN TIMES that size.
Right arm.
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