Clear. We worked around the house this morn. Then went to the garden and dug the sweet potatoes. To prayer meeting tonite.
Footnote: Remember a couple days ago when she said that Curt had sowed seeds on the tobacco patch. Well I didn't know why so I asked Redge to reply and here is what he said, "We always sowed seeds on open ground before winter or rainy weather, called a cover crop. It helped to hold the ground together." I'm not sure what kind of seeds, but I guess maybe it was grass seed. I remember people burning the tobacco bed. I am guessing the ashes made the soil richer for starting the tobacco plants. The farmers did a lot of work just to get a crop of corn or tobacco or hay ready. A hard way to make a $ even today when they have to deal with the weather too. Our grocery bills just keep getting bigger and I don't know if that is getting kicked back to the farmer, I doubt it - the grocery stores just keep showing higher profits. I love those fresh sweet potatoes baked in the oven, just a little butter right down the middle of them.
The seeds were wheat, barley, ôats.
ReplyDeleteThe reason to burn a tobacco bed was to kill the weed and grass seed before sowîng the tobacco seed.
You sure are making me think I am smart.