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The Principles of Crop Rotation

by Rob Reid

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The Gardener 04:16
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If you’re wondering why your crops won’t grow your fields overrun by bugs and weeds If you’re struggling and times are slow Your crops infested by disease There’s no need to let soil lay fallow Alternate roots first deep then shallow all you have to do is change You can never keep the same If you want to fend off disease You can’t sit still Be a moving target If you want to keep away weeds You can’t just till Be rotation farming There’s no need to Be so callow Crop rotation Should be so hallowed all you have to do is change You can never keep the same Wheat, barley turnips then clover With each year you turn it over Rice to cotton soybeans to maize All you have to do is change There’s no need to let soil lay fallow Alternate roots first deep then shallow all you have to do is change You can never keep the same

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released December 15, 2009

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Rob Reid Chicago, Illinois

A voracious listener of traditional music from around the world, Rob draws from genres such as hi-life, griot, bossa nova, and classic jazz to create a backdrop for songs about real and fictional characters. Unlike Rob, these colorful characters get involved in endeavors such as riding public transit in West Africa, surviving lightning strikes, and holding up banks. ... more

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