Today was a weeding blitz on the garden. With the rain and warmer temperature comes quick growth of weeds. We were unfortunately cut short by rain today.
Laura, the owner of the CSA, is both a farmer and an environmentalist. Although you might assume that the two go hand-in-hand, they often do not. Tiling, a practice where the water from the field is quickly drained and placed in a near by waterway, is often used on farms in Iowa. Although tiling allows farmers to plant more of their field, it also causes an increase in river levels that may lead to flooding. Laura has found a way to combat this problem by altering the tiling system on her farm. She removed some of the original tiling and then redirected other tiles into a wetland she created. Although this effort was difficult for her, she has helped to slow down or prevent flooding down stream.
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