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  • From: Ken Hargesheimer <minifarms2@yahoo.com>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Cover crops benefit everyones soil
  • Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 04:30:51 -0700 (PDT)

Aliza, You are right.  I wish that every gardener and farmer would make a demonstration bed by marking off a 6 ft x X ft long bed and practice no-till in order to see what happens. There is unlimited, documented proof it works.  Read Ruth Stout's books.  Watch her video.  No one plows the forest; plows the jungle.  They do real well.   The plant nutrients in the soil is just like a bank account; keep writing checks and soon you are out of funds; keep growing crops; soon you are out of nutrients.
 
Ken Hargesheimer

Aliza <realfood@wonderfulfarm.com> wrote:
Didnt they talk about tilling the green manure crop in?  I thought it was better to cut it and let it lay on top instead of stirring up that precious 6" on top.  And of course doing it before it reseeds:o) 
 
Aliza
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Cover crops benefit everyones soil

Dean,
 
The way I understand it is that cover crops are the precondition for no-till
farming.  Obviously, you need to cut the cover crop before the seeds set,
unless you want it to reseed itself.
 
Dieter Brand
Portugal

Dean <andeanfx@midrivers.com> wrote:
How do cover crops reconcile with no till practices? We tried them one year
and harvested cover crop for the next few years.

Dean

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