Yes, it's really starting to take off now. It's in the mix that I plant. I'm in the process of converting one of the fields to a predominantly clover plot. I've got an area in one plot that has some shade to it. I'm thinking of doing some crimson clover and cereal rye this fall. This will be the first planting for the shaded area.

CNC, check your PM's.

The cereal rye is fully mature now and should start turning brown really soon. A lot of good grain heads in the field that will likely be eaten by the deer once dried. Hopefully some will find its way down into my thatch and come back this fall as volunteer rye. There�s also a lot of good standing biomass to return back to the soil. Going to let it brown up and then toward the end of this month I will likely mow it down. There is no need in having your fields either tilled up or burned down with chemicals during the spring when you can keep providing food all the way through May.

I've been providing food with boot top high soybeans for a month now. I disked under a few standing beans in Feb and now they're nearly boot top high. They're eagle beans. I burned down my standing wheat cover crop this week so I'll give your throw and now method a chance on a few acres with sunn hemp next week as I bushog and cultipack it.

Oh no!!! 257 drank the kool aid. Just kidding. I'm gonna try to scatter a few small seeds into some plots I didn't drill, just to have a side by side comparison.

I will cultipack mine as well

257, i use this method with my sunnhemp and buckwheat mixture and it works well. Good luck.

Just keep staring at the Yoda fellas......

It's because we went from too wet to too dry in 8 days. Not disking anything right now.

A closer look at the mature crop. Notice all of the other plants growing in amongst the rye such as the winter peas, vetch, clover, turnips�..diversity! This also serves as very good weed suppression. Sorry about all the moisture on the camera lens...

X a bunch

Guess you will be next

It was at that moment that 2dogs peered down to see the red solo cup he had clutched in his left hand moving closer and closer to his lips. He tried to resist but he was helpless to the allure of the red liquid inside��.Drink up Brother 2dogs�..Drink up.

257......Try mixing in some cowpeas with your sunn hemp. Winter peas and cowpeas both have worked really well for me.

Seconds before the kool-aid touched my lips, I heard one of my 160's whisper " if it ain't broke, don't break it". I quickly poured the red elixir down the drain and replaced it with a Silver Bullet from the fridge .

Haha Busch light here for me too pal. I just can't do it. My disk is hooked up I'll roll it once more and pack it. Just can't bring myself to utter failure.

I'm still drinking my Coke Zero. I just scattered some left over seeds. Not ready to get rid of my drills yet this is the first time I've broadcasts seed in several years. One thing that is immediately obvious is just how efficient and accurate no-till drilling is. I've got a Vicon spreader, the ones with the spout that goes back and forth. Vicon is a really good, accurate spreader compared to the red ones you see at tractor supply. Still, no comparison to drilling. Maybe it's just me but I use many more times the amount of seed when I broadcast compared to drilling. Probably 5-10xs as many seed. One of the toughest parts of no-till farming is gaining confidence in your drill. You will plant several acres, look in the seed box, and recheck the seed rate. It is amazing just how efficient a drill is. If you are planting many acres, or expensive seed, it's worth going to the local Soil Conservation office and renting a drill for $10/ac. You will be a believer in farming like a farmer. You too will pour out the kool-aid, take off the tennis shoes, and put on your farmer boots

Right now now over here in the real farming world we've gotten too dry to plant even in no till. Man it sealed the ground up tight with all the heavy rains this spring. A lot of farmers are working up no till fields just so they can lay seed up in the dust planting for a rain. It's tough out here right now

Moving along����.


John sent me a couple pictures yesterday of his 2nd year throw and mow plot. He�s working in very sandy conditions similar to my test plots at home. The overall productivity of his plot has greatly improved this year over last. Last year around this same time his field looked very similar to the picture bambam posted of the struggling wheat with zero grain production and very little clover. No offense intended bambam. This year conditions have improved and he will actually produce some grain as well as a decent little stand of clover and a some leftover biomass to add back to the soil�..Nice job John�..