Soil building continues at Bent Pine Farm.  The chicken tractor moves the two roosters around the hilltop garden area,  and they are doing a fine job loosening the weeds and nibbling bugs.

The rows get built up with manure from the chicken and rabbit pens and compost.  Finally the top of each row is dressed with wood mulch and planted with summer cover crops.    The cover crop this summer is cow peas,   with seeds that we saved from last year’s crop.  They come up in two days and add nitrogen to the soil for the next crop.