Good Soil Land Management

About Good Soil Land Management

On October mornings fog pools in the low places outside Berryville while the pastures surface out of it one fence line at a time. Good Soil Land Management starts from the ground up, which in the Ozarks means coaxing a living lawn out of thin, flinty ground. The work is grass and ground together: mowing open ground, keeping field edges and fence rows from closing in, tending yards so the grass has a fair chance in hard country. By the time the sun burns the mist off the ridges, a freshly mown acre lies striped and dewy, smelling of cut grass and fallen leaves. The name says what matters here: look after the dirt, and the rest of the place follows.