tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30391928.post4145106598444901547..comments2022-05-07T19:10:48.527-06:00Comments on Gold Forest Grains Inc.: Getting Started with Organics Part 2goldforestfarms.blogspot.cahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03000577922412768699noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30391928.post-29141932855379824602009-12-26T21:07:41.173-07:002009-12-26T21:07:41.173-07:00I have been re-reading some older books (Fertility...I have been re-reading some older books (Fertility Farming is one book) about organic farming and wheat production and a couple of the books wrote about harrowing winter wheat in the spring to control weeds.<br /><br />Winter wheat was planted for grazing and grain, the cattle were removed in the spring before first hollow stem, then was harrowed (with some sort of spring tooth harrow) to both weed and cultivate the wheat(similar to cultivating corn). It sounds like it might work, but I don't know if I would have the nerve to actually harrow a wheat field without a lot of testing beforehand.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412944120622315804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30391928.post-52011341018448364722009-12-21T10:07:36.404-07:002009-12-21T10:07:36.404-07:00Have you seen the book Weeds and Why They Grow by ...Have you seen the book <i>Weeds and Why They Grow</i> by Jay McCaman? It explains what soil conditions "help" certain weeds to flourish, so appropriate tillage and or cover crops, fallow etc., can be employed for maximum weed control. Another place to look for weed free info in any writings by Eric & Anne Nordell in PA. They use only horsedrawn tillage, but their methods are solid for any type of equipemnt. Their booklet <i>Weed the Soil not the Crop</i> is a great one.<br /><br />Weeds and Why They Grow is available from Acres USA and Weed the Soil not the crop is available from Small Farmers Journal.Throwback at Trapper Creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12418370592659531735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30391928.post-73551876570856550072009-12-16T22:10:13.221-07:002009-12-16T22:10:13.221-07:00I really like the discussion of the multiple seaso...I really like the discussion of the multiple season planting schedule. I've got 40 acres that I've made an offer on a few hundred feet from my current acreage. It's covered in poplar trees (they planted them in rows like corn, to use to make pulp with) and part of the deal is that the current owner will harvest the trees and then pull the stumps (80,000 stumps) and then grind it up and truck it away. <br /><br />So I'll have 40 acres of mostly bare dirt in mid-may that I'll have to smooth and then plant with something. Eventually I'd like to have pasture, but considering what you've said here I might be better off thinking of that as a couple of year process. <br />I'll have soil tests done when they've got the trees out. It's river-bottom land, floodplain.Bruce Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10995706761794063165noreply@blogger.com