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  • From: Harvey Ussery <boxwood@nelsoncable.com>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] no-till and cover crops
  • Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:27:50 -0500


I have been really inpressed with no till gardening, especisally the lack of weeds. I am having a problem with working cover crops in with the no till. So, the garden is harvested in the fall, the cover crop is planted; in the spring, before it goes to seed it s cut close to the ground. How do you work around the root base that is left in the soil? With things like tomatoes where plants are set out i don't see a problem but how do you plant things from seed like carrots? Dean

I often till in an area in cover crop using "chicken power": net a group of chickens on the plot with electronet fencing and let them till in the cover. Then I'm ready to plant. I describe the process a number of places on my website.

~Harvey

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Harvey in northern Va
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  • Re: [Livingontheland] no-till and cover crops, Harvey Ussery, 03/07/2008

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