Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[dhondt <dhondt@eircom.net>]

I'd find it hard to live without animals of all kinds. And those that 
are able have to work for a living here. We do that too.

Our old farm was a regular zoo with more than 20 species doing their 
bit. We are a long way away from that but give me long enough and we'll 
get there. Sometimes you pick up injured wild life and they sometimes 
decide to hang around after healing.

John


On 06/09/16 23:04, herb farmer wrote:
> guess I'm not that far along John!
>
> On 9/6/2016 3:12 PM, dhondt wrote:
> > I can only agree with you Paul. We keep the vegetation between the 
> > raised beds short by moving cages with guinea pigs over the paths. I 
> > have never seen the use of a lawn mower when the job can result in a 
> > benefit for free.
> >
> > You could use a chicken tractor instead.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> > On 06/09/16 15:45, herb farmer wrote:
> > > 6 benefits of raised garden beds for vegetables 
> > > https://www.acuity.com/simply-acuity/blog/2016/simply-home/6-benefits-of-raised-garden-beds-for-vegetables.html?utm_campaign=personal_home_fy16&utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=display&utm_content=native&utm_term=6_benefits_of_raised_garden
> > >
> > > but they missed some of the most important. You don't walk on the 
> > > growing soil & you don't compact the soil, for better root systems. 
> > > You don't need to cultivate the aisles, no need for tiller cost. You 
> > > concentrate water & amendments on the beds instead of aisles. You 
> > > can do intensive planting instead of 18 inches between tractor rows, 
> > > resulting in much higher production overall. And the sides hold 
> > > mulch in place, saving water & shading shallow roots.
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