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Sunday, June 1, 2008

Working the soil - and grass to no-grass

First and second stage.

Composted manure has been spread over the grass and weeds in the field.
The manure is then disced in with one pass. This starts the process of working the soil as well as covering the (smell?)
See the grass on the right and one pass on the left.
























A view of what we are working with.
This is what the field is completely covered with. No herbicides were used in this field.



















Third stage:


There is a second pass with the disc which is done at a different angle to the first pass.
See the change in the soil.



















A close up of what the soil looks like on the second pass of the disc.


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