Lancaster Gazette in Lancaster, Ohio

Reclaiming Foul Pasture With Sheep and Straw Mulch

A New England Farmer recounts restoring foul coastal pasture through long term sheep grazing and straw mulch. After removing vines and burying straw, potatoes unexpectedly sprouted and yielded well. Twenty years later the same plain was transformed into a dense, productive pasture with no weeds, grazed by flocks of sheep pampered by unseen soil.