• I’m happy to see chicory and plantain coming thru my vine inter row cover crop after sheep have grazed the crop down. Looking forward to them both being actively feeding microbes during summer also. the cover crop (Goodies Farm mix plus linseed, chicory, plantain and primrose) were sown mid April. I felt a bit guilty cultivating thin strips with…

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    Joanna Wren and Mark Tupman
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    • That sounds like a great mix of species Murray.

      We dry seed the inter rows in late summer, when all the weeds are dead, to avoid tilling.

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    • Murray, 

      We converted a small rotary hoe to a strip seeder with tyre drags behind. Seemed to work quite well. I’ll  try get a video of it for you. 

      Dean

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