#$%^&*AU2013206110A120141218.pdf#####15 ABSTRACT In one preferred form of the present invention, there is provided a method 10 of cultivating a tract of land 12. The method comprises: proactively shaping earth into interrows 16 each having a predefined shape and providing depressions therebetween 5 for crops. The form of the earth and the predefined shape 18 of the interrows 16 is able to provide desirable rain water run-off, of subsequent rainfall, (or other applied water) from each interrow 16 into a corresponding depression 20.