This spring I decided to break up some of the ground outside my fenced garden area.  In doing so I hope to plant the area to a mix of flowers and grasses that will bring in beneficial insects and be good for my honey bees.  I am also hoping to plant something that will act as a windbreak for the plants inside the garden.  I haven’t decided yet what to plant for that but will look at sunflowers, corn or possible jerusalem artichokes.

Above is my tractor and discer sitting just inside the garden fence.  The discer itself is just a little oversized for the tractor since I’m often driving forward at a slight angle; but in the end it works.  The weather yesterday was so warm everything turned green in front of me.  Especially noticeable were all the leaves that came out.  The green plot in the garden is a lot of grass.  I didn’t disc it at the end of last season in order to compare against other plots that I did disc (which show a lot less signs of grass coverage).   I had also tried to grow clover in this plot but don’t think I watered it enough for it to germinate properly.  This spring however, along with all that grass, there is clover growing.