garden:cultivate:tasks:grnmanure:buckwheat
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+ | Still, for terminating a large area the scythe is quickest and easiest. | ||
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+ | For areas of up to 1000 square feet I'm finding it overall quicker to use my peasant (grub) hoe to take down the buckwheat, immediately chopping it into the soil. This breaks up the stalks, ensures termination and leaves a good bit of the stem in the soil. It's strenuous work, but it gets the buckwheat ready to decompose into the soil quicker than my other manual efforts. | ||
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+ | What about the tiller? When the buckwheat gets three feet tall the stems are sturdy enough to get wound around the blades of the tiller, so the approach of one thousand slaves bogs down. A few good hoers would be more effective. | ||
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