We aren’t exactly “growing” the infamous tighty whities on our farm, but we did plant one giant pair!!
Last week the kids and I teamed up with 9 other women and Marion County Soil & Water Conservation District and buried a very large pair of underwear on our respective farms.
The project named the, “Soil Your Undies Challenge” begins with the underwear being buried 3-6″ deep in the soil. 
In 2 months we will dig them back up to take a look at the condition of the cotton briefs. With the help of microbes, worms, bugs and other creatures who live in healthy soils we hope to have barely recognizable pieces of tighty whities.
Managing our soils is something that we take very seriously on our farm. Like many farmers we realize that our soil has a direct link to our ability to continue growing healthy crops year after year.
The field where we buried the underwear this year was just planted this spring with tall fescue. This crop will not be harvested until the summer of 2020. And hopefully it will stay in the ground, which means we will not till the soil, for another 5 to 7 years. It would be interesting to do this project year after year, to see the change of our soils activity with the years of non-tillage.
Our soil health is something that is very important to us. It is also something that we are continually learning more and more about as our farming practices evolve, regulations change, and markets fluctuate, farmers in Oregon are always looking to improve and do better.
**Photo credit goes to Capital Press & Marion County Soil & Water Conservation District.
NuttyGrass 
I would have liked to find out more about this project. Unfortunately the link recognised I’m in the EU and would not let me in. Two months doesn’t sound very long for even cotton cloth to disappear, unless in a hot compost heap.
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It will be interesting to see what we find for sure! Stay tuned!
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Are those your Dads?
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Bahahahahaha They looked pretty “new” 😂
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