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  • From: Richard Stewart <rstewart AT zoomtown.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Clearing old growth.
  • Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 22:01:46 -0400

We chisel plow.  I have found that following up with a couple passes with disks a couple weeks later works great.

I have what will be garlic ground that used to be old pasture 30 years ago on a neighbors plot.  I will run the chisel plow (5 shank) and then let sit for two weeks.  Then I will disk twice.  Our disks have a homemade harrow on the back.  I will then rotary hoe the ground to make it easy to plant garlic.  Then mulch heavy with straw.

That is a very crop specific task.

Richard Stewart
Carriage House Farm
North Bend, Ohio

An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855

(513) 967-1106




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