Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Harvey Ussery <harvey@themodernhomestead.us>]

On 05/02/2010 07:05 PM, Barbara Money wrote:
> . . .the first year tillage or spading was an absolute
> requirement!  ~Barbara M
>    

When tillage is "an absolute requirement," remember the broadfork, the 
ideal tool for loosening soil at depth without inverting/mixing the 
layers of the soil profile. See
http://themodernhomestead.us/article/Handcrafted+Broadfork.html
http://www.themodernhomestead.us/article/Organic-Gardening-Tillage.html

~Harvey


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Harvey in northern Va
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My book, THE MODERN HOMESTEAD POULTRY FLOCK, will be published next year by 
Chelsea Green Publishing.