[Market-farming] Market-farming Digest, Vol 61, Issue 2

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Tue Feb 5 12:16:16 EST 2008


Re: Bringing ground back into production 
 
You could try no-till farming. Essentially you grow a cover crop and at the  
time when the crop is just ready to seed you can either bend and break the 
crop  with a "Crimper" or you can use an herbicide to kill the cover crop. Then 
you  seed right through the cover crop and it becomes your mulch.You can  make 
these implements  yourself or in some cases there are ones for  loan. We live 
in a water shed and the no-till method is being encouraged  for many reasons. 
You use less  It is a win- win situation. No-till should  be cheaper for the 
farmer because you use less fertilizer, herbicide  and water- there is also 
less labor involved so in theory lower pass  role and fuel costs . 
 
No till is also better for the water shed since there is much less run  off. 
Since you never till you improve your soil health by increasing organic  
matter and decreasing soil compaction. No-till is sustainable but not  necessarily 
organic. We tool a free class though  extent ion you may find  one around your 
nearest watershed. 
 
Here are a few links: 
 
 
_http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/organicmatters/conservationtillage.html_ 
(http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/organicmatters/conservationtillage.html) 
 
_http://www.tilthproducers.org/tfia/no_till.htm_ 
(http://www.tilthproducers.org/tfia/no_till.htm) 
 
_http://www.newfarm.org/depts/notill/features/2006/0506/drawings.shtml_ 
(http://www.newfarm.org/depts/notill/features/2006/0506/drawings.shtml) 
 
have a great day,
 
Ted and Sue Swart 
Catskill Organics Farm
NY zone 4



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