Covered up

Our new field has been disced twice, seeded with two types of legume covercrops, soybeans and cowpeas. I decided to do half and half to see which one worked better. So far the cowpeas are out growing the soybeans. We have had perfect weather for our seedlings that are coming up, two inches of rain right after sowing. The test plot has about run its course except for the pumpkins which are still growing and producing more fruit. I am amazed about how much area and fruit they are producing. We have harvested 64 pounds of tropical pumpkins or calabasa so far. I bet there is about another 50 pounds still growing on the vines. The topdressing of the basil worked out well and allowed me to harvest again. I disced one half of the test plots and will disc the other parts when I get tired of looking at pumpkins. I am busy planning which crops to grow commercially and which to trial in our test plots. We are nearing year two of the necessary three years for organic certification. I hope to start planting around September for our Fall/Winter crop.