[Market-farming] Market-farming Digest, Vol 61, Issue 2
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Huntingfool306 at aol.com
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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