Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

For my part, no-till is about what works, rather than some philosophy out
of la-la land. Yes, we're interfering in the natural process when we plant
or harvest, but we're a part of the food chain as much as cattle grazing
grass - aren't we? At the same time we're supposed to be more intelligent
than bovines in our use of the land, and forsee ecological consequences and
not graze our species to extinction. 

paul, tradingpost@riseup.net
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Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes. 
--Henry David Thoreau 

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On 7/6/2006 at 3:44 AM Uriel wrote:

>I agree with the philosophy of not tilling the soil, but I wonder how 
>far we follow "nature's example" by allowing organic matter to stay on 
>top and not put it into the soil.  Do you go so far as to not disturb 
>the soil to plant seeds?  Do you just broadcast them by the many 
>thousands like nature does and hope some come up?  I think it realistic 
>to recognize that we are farming the soil and expecting to harvest food 
>from it in greater quantities than nature would normally produce.  We 
>are already disrupting a natural cycle.  We need to find a balance that 
>works with nature while also meeting our needs.
>Uriel / SW Missouri
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