We've never planted sunn hemp....very impressed... especially considering the lack of rain fall....zooming in on pics it also it appears to be effective for weed suppression.
Not to go off topic....but while zooming in to look at the weed suppression I noticed something that caught my eye... considering your location...do you every find any arrowheads? What's in the pic may be a leaf? Sorry...back on topic....can't help but look when I see dirt.
Weed suppression is amazing. Under the Sunn Hemp canopy, just bare dirt.
Yes, we find arrowheads. Unfortunately, found one that cut through the steel belts of one of my truck tires!
Was perusing through the history section of our local library and found big books detailing the histories of various counties in TN. Flipped through the history of Humphreys County and there were many stories about the Settler/Indian battles in my area. In the late 1700s, the Duck River was the dividing line between Settler land (north of the river) and Indian land (south of the river). Apparently, the steep hills and hollers of the Paint Rock area (Paint Rock Rd along the river) was the primary area of contention and there were lots of small battles and killings along that section of the river. First, I had no idea the Indians painted Paint Rock long before the todays teenagers spay-painted it! Second, my place is very close to that, on the "Indian side" of the river, so they were actively living and hunting the area right up until the early 1800s.