RE: A sunny but windy ride on a Saturday morning

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If the land was water, I imagine the soil is incredibly fertile. No?
Interesting solution, trying to imagine how the area looked like before the dikes



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The area has been like this for many years already. The first polders were created in the 14th century. The area was a body of water before.

This video shows how it's done.

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20% of added land! That's a lot. Then using planes to seed the fields. Quite a costly feat I imagine.

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