The garden is all set to go. But it isn't plowed yet.
Several of us have decided to forgo plowing this year. It might have a few benefits:
Save greenhouse gasses - if the tractor doesn't plow, no fossil fuels will be used.
Start gardening earlier - if we don't need to wait for plowing, we can garden earlier in the season.
A little late for benefit #2, but it is an experiment.
Jeannine and I were out staking the plots this evening and found quite a bit of volunteer crops coming up already: sunflowers (thanks Gail!), kale, daikon radishes, and more... There may be a whole volunteer crop on the no plow side.
We've found 4 plots worth of people who are willing to go no plow. Stand by for results in the coming weeks.
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