Frost on Furrows
Posted By Bob on February 15, 2009
Our best growing area is located where the cows used to stand. Many years ago, when this was a working dairy farm, the dry cows (those not being milked) were put out to the front pasture where they spent a great deal of time chewing cud and making manure. What is now our best garden is where the cows used to stand most of the time, hence the soil here is rich and deep, with good tilth. Our goal has been to amend the clay on the rest of our flower growing areas with composted manure and cover crops to become more like this patch of ground. After five years the soil quality everywhere has begun to improve greatly. This time of year it’s easy to be fooled when looking out the kitchen window. Spring seems like it may be arriving early, but even though the sun is shining those furrows are still frozen solid.
The Hired Hand
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