Here's a cautionary tale about the dangers of not rotating crops.
According to the Desert of Maine's Web site, the Tuttle family took over a 300-acre plot of land that had been a successful farm for years. However, poor farming techniques led to the land becoming a desert. Sheep were allowed to overgraze the area, and there was nothing to hold the soil in place.
Henry Goldrup bought the land in 1925 and turned into to a way to draw visitors to the region. After all, you don't see many deserts in this part of the world. If memory serves, the sand gets blown around a bit, so the desert portion of the park shifts slightly from year to year.
One man's wasteland is another man's tourist attraction, so if you need something to do in Freeport instead of shop during the warm-weather periods of the year, this is an alternative.
We should take a look around at this unique attraction:
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