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  • From: Harvey Ussery <harvey@themodernhomestead.us>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] do you have an organic no-till garden?
  • Date: Mon, 03 May 2010 06:36:26 -0400

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.






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