Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Liz <liz@allslash.org>]

At 08:27 AM 12/16/2007, you wrote:
> 0-till, as it is called outside the USA, is the proven way to farm 
> in the tropics.  The International  Center for Tropical Agriculture, 
> Ibadan, Nigeria has proven that beyond any doubt.  I no longer 
> debate or discuss no-till as to whether it will work or not.  That 
> has been proven.

I sure the heck wish my neighbor would adopt it. I was standing on 
the porch hanging laundry in the 40 mph+ winds we're having today, 
watching his freshly plowed topsoil blow away. Much of it ends up as 
a heavy layer of red clay dust in my house, grr.

Liz in SW VA
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