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Finger Mullet on DockFarming has changed massively over the years.  It is no longer unusual to see no-till farming.  The days of the moldboard plow have mostly drawn to a close here in coastal North Carolina.

Assuming the chemical used for weed kill are not so bad and that might be a big assumption, going to no till cultivation is a good way to stop erosion on slightly sloping land.  Stopping erosion means preventing topsoil from migration from land to river.

Our subdivision, Bluewater Cove, has been around less than ten years.  I know for a fact that the water behind and near my home was once nothing more than a mud filled swamp.  I once knew the volume of silt that was removed from the channels.  It was impressive.

Still it would have done no good without a proper drainage plan to slow future accumulations of silt.  Fortunately for us that was done and the area behind our home has gone from mud flats to nursery.

One throw with my cast net yielded all those finger mullet on my dock.  Our neighbors are white, blue, and green herons among other birds that love to wade the waters.

I am even proud of the bags of styrofoam pellets that are buried behind our home to filter the driveway stormwater that goes into the water behind the house.  I can see it as it enters the water.  It is crystal clear just like much of the water already here on the Crystal Coast.

Our area is truly all about the water, I feel good about living in a subdivision where keep silt and animal waste out of the water is a big priority.  We still have a ways to go on figuring out how to take care of our centipede grass without chemicals and how to control fireants, but we are making progress.

It is nice to know even new construction does not hurt our waters.  We would not want it any other way.