Cover crop team work
The Stihl
FS-90R trimmer did a
great job cutting the latest Rye
cover crop experiment at
the base,.
We made short work of it with
Anna following behind me with a rake to bring back the few plants that
fell in the aisle.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Rhesa --- After experimenting with the scythe last year, my feeling was that the rye was too dense and tough for easy scything. I know it's permaculture heresy, but Mark's weedeater works at least twice as fast as my scythe with about half the effort, ad he does a much better job. And the amount of gas he uses is miniscule --- I think he's gone through less than a gallon this year so far and he's cleaned up a lot of problem spots for me already (multiple hours of work). I'd definitely put a weedeater into the appropriate technology category.
Fritz --- I thought the weedeater was going to make a big mess, but was pleasantly surprised how well the rye stayed put. I suspect part of that is Mark's skill level --- he used the weedeater like a scythe, mowing down a swath at a time, and the most I had to do was nose a few fallen bundles back onto the bed.