2/ what I've done this year: * subsoiler * pick rocks * subsoiler * pick rocks * rake * pick rocks * middlebust * pick rocks * rake * pick
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3/ ...and then when I lightly furrowed for crops...!@#-ing ton of rocks. <deep breath> So. ...
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4/ I think the plan is probably to get two people, on in tractor w subsoiler mounted, one in bobcat, and then just do pass after pass.
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5/ Turn that soil over 10 times. 20. 100. Pick all rocks out of top 24".
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6/ Now, I've already read enough on soil characteristics to realize that this will be bad for the "tilth". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilth
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7/ i.e. the microstructure. But if I do this in the fall, then amend w ~40 lbs manure per 100 ft^2, till under, wait all winter, then plow
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8/ then I THINK that in spring 2017 I will have good rock-free, well manured fields ready to start a 4- or 5- field rotation system.
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9/ I'm trying to walk the fine line between removing enough stones that normal operations proceed cleanly (i.e. furrows aren't full of rock)
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10/ and not going full OCD on the topic (which could also lead to overworking the land and screwing it up)
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"So what do you grow in those fields?" "We rotate crops. One year wheat, then alfalfa, then rocks."
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Like the bumper sticker says: "No farmers, no stone soup"
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