Barnyard-raised. Plant and soil fanatic. Closed canopy, carbon capturing, no-till, chop-dropping, keylining, land-racing polycultural microclimatologist. Blackberry topiarist, USDA zone denialist, worrier of Fox and Eastern Grays. Inspired by the wise ways of Lawton, Gautschi, Stout and Spirko, Holzer, Lofthouse, and all the rest of you experimentalists.