#fieldprep

Ready to turn your farmland into a productivity powerhouse? It all starts with proper land prep! Land clearing helps you: ✔️ Remove overgrown brush, rocks, and old debris ✔️ Level and grade your fields for better irrigation ✔️ Make way for planting, farming equipment, and crops A well-prepped farm boosts yield, saves time, and sets the stage for a flourishing harvest! https://northcarolinalandclearing.com

Another Bobcat in damascus and curly hawaiian koa getting some finish work today.. . . #knifefanatics #knifeworld #knifelife #customknives #huntingknife #skinningknife #handmadeknives #handcraftedgoods #damascussteel #hawaiiankoa #outdoorsmen #fieldprep #tacomawa #puyallup https://www.instagram.com/p/CDLNUfljkm6/?igshid=aqac1i68231d

To plow or not to plow, that is the question. It's a tough one to answer too, especially here in Homestead where we don't precisely have soil. We have about 6-8" of "soil" mixed with rocks. Since the 1950s fields have been prepared using rock-plows that pulverizes the limestone bedrock and combines it with the natural organic matter to make new soils - the Krome series (1996 survey). _🚜 Once fields are prepared, regular plowing and disking helps loosen the compacted soils to be ready for planting. Plowing is a form of tillage or soil disturbance, and it's becoming increasingly questionable in the realms of soil conservation and health. Because when soils are tilled and disturbed, they are more susceptible to wind and water erosion, crusting easily, and organic matter loss, among other things. _🚜 No-till, conservation tillage, and strip-tillage practices are advancing, and I look forward to testing these methods along with cover crops to build up the organic matter and soil life. _🚜 #fieldprep #plowing #tillage #soildisturbance #soilerosion #kromesoils #notill #conservationtillage #striptillage #covercrops #greenmanures #plantinggreen #gabebrown #soilmatters #protectthesoil #soilscience #sustainableagriculture #agroecology (at UF IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2zVK3-gBox/?igshid=1ed3qd06og4ln

Geometry and mathematics. The secret sorcery of farming? 🤔 #farmlife #farming #fieldprep #math #springtime #mathmuch (at The Green Man Farm)