Early one morning, Bill Rose was walking through an area of his family’s farm in Phillipston, Mass. that had been clear cut in a forest conservation project. The land looked very different. But, it wasn’t what he was seeing that got his attention. It was what he was hearing.
Aerial seeding takes soil health to new heights by establishing a cover crop before our short growing season ends. A helicopter drops winter rye seed over fields before the main crop is harvested. A cover crop helps to build healthy soil.
When a landowner was nervous about clear cutting a swath of her forestland in a conservation project to establish early successional habitat, Lisa Barnes, Soil Conservationist in the Greenfield, Mass. field office, calmed her concerns by putting herself in the landowner’s shoes.
Filling up 500-gallon water tanks with a garden hose, then hauling them out to the field isn't the most efficient way of irrigating crops. Yet, that’s how Matt Churchill and Jennifer Christian of Pariah Dog Farm in Falmouth, Mass., were doing it...until they got help from NRCS.
In December, when most Massachusetts farmers are done for the season, Rebecca Perry is just beginning to plant 22,000 lilies in a 5,000 square foot heated greenhouse at Sabatia Flower Farm on Cape Cod. The delicate flowers bring hefty energy bills. NRCS helped her improve energy efficiency.
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