tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53881796717395259732024-03-12T21:29:35.179-04:00Farm City"The health of soil, plant, animal and man is one and indivisible."
Sir Albert HowardGus Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14318795771082425472noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388179671739525973.post-41298583787717485912011-09-26T20:07:00.001-04:002011-09-27T08:09:56.174-04:00Snug Harbor Heritage Farm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR_EAEGj3YafgLpP_qYPyC13OgJduS9fXAneNFOiHqaNhweA-amPjrICuoFQG6g1hZc_2Xq6u75tBEr4wDEMbLfiA3RMtvPewZB_6No2sWH-li4pIl8vO3WltyYCcW5QpqZOiPhCUW0sA/s1600/IMG_0330.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR_EAEGj3YafgLpP_qYPyC13OgJduS9fXAneNFOiHqaNhweA-amPjrICuoFQG6g1hZc_2Xq6u75tBEr4wDEMbLfiA3RMtvPewZB_6No2sWH-li4pIl8vO3WltyYCcW5QpqZOiPhCUW0sA/s640/IMG_0330.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> So here they are: brand-new 5040 Kubota, refurbished John Deere no-till grain drill, subsoiler, box blade, and 20' trailer to make our soil building operation mobile.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiofzcIbwtkjSBVne-99GVfbGNrn_Oq7ndKJXQV0nWFgL4_qKujZYnkSNL5Z3j1SLMxNBG-6aykIf-FQoyj_0_i_YKQ1JIhiRowSHhrN2wOHpHRl7huyDv03J4SN5C7JIyRnkec_CdpPk/s1600/IMG_0137.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiofzcIbwtkjSBVne-99GVfbGNrn_Oq7ndKJXQV0nWFgL4_qKujZYnkSNL5Z3j1SLMxNBG-6aykIf-FQoyj_0_i_YKQ1JIhiRowSHhrN2wOHpHRl7huyDv03J4SN5C7JIyRnkec_CdpPk/s640/IMG_0137.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> This bed is full of summer squash and has two canteloupe interplanted.<br />
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