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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] NO-TILL FARMING OFFERS A QUICK FIX TOHELPWARD OFF HOST OF GLOBAL PROBLEMS
  • Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:53:24 -0700


I do initial bed digging for one reason: my topsoil is only 4-6 inches deep
at most, and I must build up beds on top of that with more soil and
amendments. I can't wait months or years for lasagna-type soil building to
make the deep beds I need. After intial bed building it's no-till.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 12/15/2007 at 11:20 AM Phil Bunch wrote:

>I was mostly thinking about locations with degraded soils. Would it not be
>worthwhile to incorporate a lot of organic matter and nutrients up front?
>This should set up the soil for cover crops to prosper.
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