I want to wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day, whether you have a significant other or not, you can celebrate with family, friends, and your local radio DJs! Have a wonderful day full of love. If you're having a hard time finding someone, a perfectly good stranger would certainly appreciate a friendly smile.
~With love,
Lacey!
After attending the Virginia No-till Alliance Conference today, I now know more about dirt than I thought was possible. Not that it's a bad thing, though! A few hundred Virginia farmers gathered at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds today to learn all about the no-till practice, which is just what it sounds like. Farming without tilling the soil. By leaving cover crops and avoiding the disturbance of the soil, moisture is more efficiently kept in the dirt, and you experience less runoff, as well as more biological diversity. All of these are great, but did I mention that it also saves farmers money? That's right.
To go into all of the detail would probably take a few pages, but you be sure and catch my ag reports at 1:05 and 3:05 to learn some more about no-till, which doesn't just work for production farmers. How about you gardeners? It'll suit you, too! I've got some interviews with folks who know more about dirt than you could imagine. Check it out!
Well, the first month of 2012 is officially gone. So, how are those New Year's resolutions holding up? Are you still working out, eating healthy, reading more, taking the stairs, or whatever you told yourself you were going to do? Well, I will be perfectly honest that I didn't officially make any resolutions. Knowing myself pretty well, I know that I probably wouldn't be the most faithful to those resolutions if I did make them.
But don't worry if you haven't exactly stuck to that plan, because February's a new month. That still might not provoke me to make any late resolutions, but you never know! I might park a little farther from the building when I go to class and walk a little more. I might just give up my morning caffeine... No. I take that back. See? I'm already having issues!! So, don't feel bad if you're having problems with those resolutions. You're a step ahead of me!
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