Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Marty Kraft <martyk@allspecies.org>]

Here in Kansas City we're trying no-till. Here is a web site with  
links to a couple of video presentations.

Marty
On Mar 30, 2009, at 4:24 PM, Capt.D.C.G.Fox. wrote:

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> Marty,
> Most gardening (unlike lawns) requires digging resulting in carbon  
> loss just
> like plowing, however the food miles (plot to plate) are minimal.
> Regards,
> Douglas.
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> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:01:21 -0500
> From: Marty Kraft <martyk@allspecies.org>
> Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Livingontheland Digest, Vol 187, Issue
>         4    Don't overlook lawn/grass areas.
> To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing
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> Maybe this would be of interest?
> http://www.foodnotlawns.com/
> http://www.foodnotlawnskc.org/
> On Mar 29, 2009, at 11:39 PM, Capt.D.C.G.Fox. wrote:
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> > If you work lawn between 6 and 9 inches, harvesting the clippings and
> > processing through a worm bed and returning the residue to the
> > lawn, you
> > will be sequestering carbon in a permanent way compared to the
> > temporary
> > lockup in trees. Water requirements would be minimal and no synthetic
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