We just finished putting up the fence around this new field so the vegetables our apprentices will grow can go to their intended place - local families, rather than local deer!

This new field is at the top of the hill, near the entrance of Oz, and it has never been used for vegetable production until now.

We are lucky that our neighbors and friends, Jesse Hanna & Katrina Coffman, have rotationally grazed their Belted Galloway cattle on this land for the past couple of years, contributing to soil fertility and reducing soil compaction.

Our apprentices will manage these plots with low-till practices, but we used the tractor to plant spring cover crop - a mix of alfalfa, hairy vetch and buckwheat. This cover crop will help further improve soil fertility and texture, so that our apprentices can plant into healthy, receptive soil come May 2021.