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    Outlanding Techniques, Part 1

    April 06, 2023

    This is a hard subject to write about beyond offering some general observations and simple advice. Different regional factors including farming and crop differences, irrigation methods, topography, vegetation, grazing animals, wetlands, spring mud, winter snowfall, and other concerns all mean that local knowledge and experience are most helpful. What works in one area will be useless in another.  Still,

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