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Well I got to get out on the tractor today and get some disking done.
Here is "Garden One" after running the disks over it about 4 times. All that is left is some tilling.

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Your garden soil seems so rich and the setting so comfortably rural, Chris.

Must be a nice place to live.

Got any covered bridges nearby?

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That does look like some AMAZING soil!!!! :D
 

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digitS' said:
Your garden soil seems so rich and the setting so comfortably rural, Chris.

Must be a nice place to live.

Got any covered bridges nearby?

Steve
The soil is rich with some clay and a lot of sand, I let the grass grow up in it in the fall (kind of like a green manure) then mow and plow it all under in the spring.

It is rural here, my closest neighbor is about 900 - 1050 feet away.

We have some Covered Bridges in the county the link will take you to a list with some pictures.

Here is a picture of a row after tilling and hilling.
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Steve,
We are a bit rural here and I love it. :lol:
Here are some pictures one of the produce farm down the road. (well a small portion of the farm)

(Not My Farm)
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All I can say is very nice..
 

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Ooohh!

That looks like it could feed a city!

The links to covered bridges: Here's one that I used to cross and swim under. When I was a kid, it never occurred to me that they would close it. But it makes a nice park. McKee Bridge in southern Oregon

I knew Ohio had lots of covered bridges. I've admired them in one of those coffee table picture books ;).

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journey11 said:
*sigh* How I envy my Ohio neighbors for their dirt... :hu :D
LOL,
As for my garden that lost of Cow and Goat manure and even more Green manure.

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I've been working on that too, going on 4 years now. Let's just say it's gonna take a LOT with this red clay. Dig 10" down here and you can get a pure enough clay to make pottery. :p I agreed to my husband buying a newer truck on one term--he is enslaved to haul manure for me for the rest of his life! Ha.
 
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