Market Farming

[<mnr200 AT charter.net>]

 I have 18 acres of land coming out of a  land conservation ( crp) 
program---on Sept 30th.. I am in wisconsin...zone 5  I want to recllaim part 
of this land ( a long strip to plant next spring.). here is my plan... I cant 
do anything before Sept 30th by law... ... I want to mow about  2.... 500 
foot long strips -  I have access to cardboard bicycle boxes with soy 
printing on them  when layed flatted out they are about 10 feet x 4 feet 
wide.. This will yeild me about an acre.  I want to lay them on the mowed 
strip... I then was thinking about covering the strip with a black plastic 
and staking it down.. the no water and hopefully heat wiill kill off the 
weeds... now in the spring i would have a few choices... please remember this 
land has not been tilled in 15 years but was corn and other ag crops.. I 
would prefer organic crops but am open to suggestion... 
1. take the plastic off and hopefully the cardboard would decinagrate 
somewhat.. I then could till it .
2. leave the plastic on and plant peppers, tomatoes etc thru holes I would 
dig with an electrtic post hole digger. 
3 leave it till the last minute ( May 30th and pull it off and till it and 
plant as thats about the date for zone 5 for safe plainting
4. leave it another year.. it never witl be ready...

. any suggestions from the group...
Mark Ritter
Botanikka.com