Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Liz" <liz@allslash.org>]

> Liz, my husband and three large boys (ages 23, 20 and 14) take turns with
> me on the pick ax for much of the hole excavating.  I'm afraid it is a
> GREAT deal of work to make a bed but I tell you, I have a REAL garden now
> that I use this technique. I wouldn't dig or till if anything grew on this
> "soil". But nothing will grow (bare earth, literally) so I don't feel I'm
> ruining the microherd by digging.

Yep. Three large boys and a husband. I have one large grandson who can help
for a couple of hours at a time maybe once a week. Other than that, it's all
me. But it sounds like your land is actually even worse than mine, so if
you've managed to turn it into lush garden soil, I can at least try here.

Liz
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