Liming Our Field

Mother Nature gave us a gift last week of warmer than usual December temperatures, just in time for us to get the crew, Bill, from Fieldworks to come and spread lime on our land.

Because our soils are on the acidic side at around pH 5.5, we need dolomitic lime to bring our pH up to a more neutral level. My husband said that Bill was able to spread about 8 tons of lime in approximately 20 minutes on 4.5 acres.
The next thing we needed was to amend our soils with the micronutrients that were lacking in the field that include potassium, zinc, sulfur and boron. Dave and Brian from Crop Protection Services arrived to do that task.

Last, but not least, Bill drove his disc harrower on Colonel Ledyard Highway to get to our land to disc in the soil amendments.

We owe a debt and gratitude to all the hardworking people who are helping us with preparing our land. Thanks guys!