Farming in the Future
Welcome to Smart Farm. Follow along as I work to become a smarter farmer.
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lighten the load
Much of my farming experience thus far has been about the path of least resistance. At times, the least resistance means something as simple as taking fewer trips back and forth between the beds. Or...
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The Twelve Soil Orders
At its most basic level, the world’s soil falls into just twelve groups. Gelisols, Histosols, Spotosols, Andisols, Oxisols, Vertisols, Ardisols, Ultisols, Mollisols, Alfisols, Inceptisols, Entisols—the...
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Though my vegetable field is only an acre, the land can feel vast and uncomfortably large. The mountain range in the west (whose name nobody seems to know) sits far in the distance from my small plot...
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Orchard Hurricane
When the land feels too large I head to the orchard. Yes, the orchard is four times the size of my vegetable plot. But the trees are countable. The nectarines end and apricots begin. The apricots...
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