04/28/2024
My soils are not great...but they are getting there! Any one who wants to see the wonders of regerative practices and cover crops at work is welcome to come see for themselves.
It's extra work, it's expensive, and complicates things when you take away some of the "easy" buttons. But this soil is coming alive. Easily a dozen earth worms in this 6" clunk of soil and 100's of their holes to help water infiltrate. The roots from the rye and r**e seed or canola (yellow flowers) bind the soil and feed the micro eco-system that is living in healthy soils.
Notice the clumpy cake like texture and pore space from not disturbing the soil structure...this is ohhh so different than the clumpy texture after a field has been tilled. This soil is bound together by root and microorganism extracts that have created stable aggregates...so much so that this soil is nearly impervious to erosion.
It's never to late to make a change...especially when you're in control of the world's most precious resource.
Special Note: Last fall all the "buzz" was about the yellow bi-plane zooming around all hours of the day...well these are the results from it spreading a cover crop mixture early enough to let it get established...and soil health is all the "buzz" now.
And just to clear things up...for those that say that's mud...it is the farthest thing from that. There is moisture, but it is impossible to ribbon this soil. It's just soil...and not dirt.
