Market Farming

[kathryn marsh <kmarsh AT iol.ie>]

>Rose & Fred Lieberman wrote:
>
>> It always seemed to me - with no experience in permanent raised beds - that
>> over time the bed would become dense and lose its tilth, then you'd have to
>> go into the bed with a tiller of some kind, and that would be more of a
>> pain.
>>
>> What am I not understanding?
>
>Rose,
>
>We have 70 raised beds, all of which have been tilled (not rototilled) one
>time. They're
>"raised" because of the amount of air space our tillage incorporated into
>the soil- not
>by adding material on top. Some of these beds were tilled 15 years ago and
>none have ever
>been tilled again.
>
>Our soil management techniques encourage the soil life to build and
>maintain a stable
>soil structure which maintains the physical structure established by the
>tillage.
>
>What you're not understanding is how to maintain a stable soil structure
>which then makes
>any further tillage destructive.
>
>Alex
>
Sounds like you should write one of Lawrence's FAQs Alex

kathryn