Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Ken Hargesheimer <minifarms2@yahoo.com>]

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 -----

From: Dieter Brand

To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing

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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