Market Farming

["Andy Lee & Pat Foreman" <goodearth AT rockbridge.net>]

>

> 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

Hi Rose, you are overlooking the billions of tiny plows that live in your
soil. If you provide them with enough carbon, air, water and a bit of N from
time to time they will keep your soil loose, flocculated, and fertile. As an
example, lay a board in your lawn for 6 months, then pick it up and marvel
at the critters that live under there, and how soft the soil is compared the
surrounding lawn.

Regards,

Andy Lee
Good Earth Organic Farm
Buena Vista, Virginia