Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[pete <pete.rout@virgin.net>]

It also has the advantage that it is not releasing CO2 into the 
atmosphere as tilling does.
Pete





> I posted this in reply to Ken H. about no-till as a system.  It's ideal for
> drip irrigation - who wants to pull out and put in all the drip lines every
> season, just to cultivate? It helps weed control because seeds aren't
> brought to the surface repeatedly by cultivation. It's ideal for permanent
> beds, with compost or mulch constantly decomposing on the soil surface.
> That works well with cover crops to improve soil or make mulch in place.
> Most of all it avoids excessive oxidation of humus and keeps the natural
> soil profile best for earthworms to work the soil beneath the mulch. Like
> so many others I'd heard of no-till long ago but never noticed how it's
> ideal - rather necessary - to permanent bed organic growing. No-till,
> organic permanent beds is a whole system where everything works together,
> and maybe it has to be sold as a complete system. Each single part of the
> system helps, but the benefits of the whole system working together are far
> reaching, for home or market growers.
>
>
> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
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