Summer’s heat is here, so I’ve switched to a nocturnal schedule. Last night I was finally able to start tilling. Did a first pass over about 80% of the field. The entire field needs at least 3 passes, a few days apart, before I can plant.
Last year when going through some older rye seed in buckets, we found a few that had been eaten by bugs. After everything was harvested, Dad dumped the bug-eaten seed where the pumpkins had been, thinking there was no viable seed left. Well, some of them must have survived, because there is a beautiful patch of winter rye almost as tall as my shoulders. I decided to let that go to seed. This year everything that isn’t planted with other stuff will be planted with field peas, and after harvest in the fall I’ll cover the field in winter rye. A few years of that should lower the weed pressure enough I can start thinking about expanding.
You’re so smart - and Old School. I love it! :)