Wandering across the vegetable farms near my childhood home. This is how I want to spend my Octobers as an old man

Fall foliage looks good behind a cover cropped field. There’s also been 3” of rain in last week, which helps.

Dry and dusty in Rosemount MN

It’s tillering time

Perennials can improve soil health…. How about a perennial GRAIN crop?….within short term (2yrs)?…. during organic transition period?

MN Kernza team’s hot of the press article has answers!
authors.elsevier.com/c/1fsjKcA-Ik7R3

Someone must’ve driven through our field…with glyphosate on their tires ?! 😑

Planting a variety trial of “perennial wheat”, a cross between intermediate wheatgrass and winter wheat.

The dramatic final grain drill calibration of 2022. Winter barley

Planting borders with old random grass seed

This kernza lot is from the upside down and it shows.

Seeding Kernza in Nicollet County MN.

Sweeping up some weeds (This didn’t work that well, but was fun)

Last #legacynet harvest. We done.

Autosteer helping me savor the moment as we plant our final Kernza experiment for 2022 🍾🥂🍻

Well sown is half grown

No-till drilling kernza into alfalfa that was sprayed off 2 weeks ago.