Ready for More Buckwheat

I cut the buckwheat down and tilled it in.  I found out that I need to buy a mower for the tractor.  I figured I would try to cut it with the lawn mower.  It knocked the plants down but the deck kept getting clogged and it didn't chop the material as much.  So our next purchase is going to be a 60-72" 3pt mower.

The discs did a decent job of chopping the the buckwheat while incorporating it into the earth, although it took a lot of passes.  Overall, it didn't turn out too bad.

Tilled field of buckwheat

 Now we'll plant another crop of buckwheat to be cut down at the beginning of September.  That will give 6 weeks for the next batch to start to break down before we form beds and plant the garlic.