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  • From: Marty Kraft <martyk@allspecies.org>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Livingontheland Digest, Vol 188, Issue 1
  • Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 08:31:03 -0500

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:

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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