Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>]

We all start somewhere. I get the soilandhealth list myself but missed that
one. 

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 11/27/2007 at 5:02 PM E. E. Mitchamore Jr wrote:

>Here's a good example from another list.
>
>I, too, am not a farmer, and sympathize with the difficulties of becoming
>one, including the land cost mentioned earlier.  However, I think the best
>advice (mentioned often), is to start where you are, with what you CAN do.
> My food gardening is limited to 400 sq ft, right now, but at least I'm
>learning how to do it.  Maybe I'll never expand or grow food for others,
>but I can be less of a burden on those who do.
>
>E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
>www.hillcountrynatives.biz
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: dylanford@optonline.net 
>To: soilandhealth@yahoogroups.com 
>Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 4:45 PM
>Subject: [soilandhealth] Beginning Farmers (x-over post)
>
>
>Folks - 
>>From time to time people will write to the various agriculture discussion
>lists to which I subscribe, stating their intent or at least desire to
>begin farming, people seeking advice and direction. I have gardened for
>nearly forty years and worked in nurseries and at grounds-keeping from
>time to time, but do not know the nuts and bolts involved in farming
>firsthand to offer any advice.
>But I would like to make one modest suggestion that I think would be of