Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Dean" <andeanfx@midrivers.com>]

According to this site, yes it is tillage. 
http://www.allsun.com.au/BroadForkL.html  I would have to agree, as it 
disrupts the soil considerably beyond what is done in the process of 
planting and harvesting.  Dean

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Liz" <liz@allslash.org>
To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing" 
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Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] No till and market gardening (was tractors?)


> At 01:28 AM 6/8/2008, you wrote:
> > People claim that initial tillage is sometimes necessary (I don't
> > have enough experience to argue this point), in which case my
> > question was more about initial soil prep than with continuing prep.
> >
> > But my question still stands: is the use of a broadfork considered 
> > tillage?
>
> The ads I've seen for them say they aren't for initial soil prep, and
> that's been my experience with my little three-tine fork. It might be
> all right for digging up areas previously planted in grass, but it
> doesn't make a dent in what I've got (weeds growing in clay). Even a
> roto-tiller just bounces off the surface. No-till was not only the
> smartest thing for me to do, it was the only thing that worked.
>
> Liz in SW VA
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