better farming guide

- farm diary for July - tips for lambing survival - what to do for spring

which grow all winter. The optimum mowing strategy is to mow in the rain (which stirs up a fungus that infects cut stems), and repeat multiple times while the weed is in its young leafy stage heading into spring and summer. The more you hit it at this stage, the less feed gets to the roots, which is how it spreads. Do this several seasons in a row and you’ll have noticeably lessess thistle each time, no spraying required.