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- From: "Alan Whitaker" <awhitaker AT greenlynk.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Ruth Stout style gardening
- Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 12:42:28 -0600
Hello all,
I'm currently in the process of going to this
system for 2 of my 18 acres under vegetable production. I will build beds
that I can work with a tractor or by hand with grassed paths between.
I''ll run chicken tractors down these paths until it gets too hot for the
birds. Then I'll mow and use the grass for mulch.
I'm in south AL, and keeping organic matter in this
sandy soil is impossible if you turn the soil. I've tried every
thing to maintain some OM but this heat and humidity with long growing season is
a killer. Our soil does not freeze. I have 6 acres of Bahia grass
that I cut and roll and fertilize with chicken litter that I'll use for the
mulch. We just lay the roll at the head of the row and
unroll.........
I'm going to give up composting because it seems to
me that to compost for heat here, you need to do it under cover and I've
none. It's either too dry or too wet.
I'm modifying my Covington two-row high speed
planter for use with trash seperating
coulters to be a no-till planter. This will
be experimental this year. Everthing else will be transplanted, like sweet
potatoes, maters, taters, peppers, etc.
I use Queen-gil drip tape and will put it under the
mulch and hopefully not have to mess with it for few years if I can keep
the rats from chewing it.
awhitaker
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[Market-farming] Ruth Stout style gardening,
neil davidson, 02/04/2004
- Re: [Market-farming] Ruth Stout style gardening, Liz Pike, 02/05/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] Ruth Stout style gardening,
Alan Whitaker, 02/05/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] Ruth Stout style gardening,
Willie McKemie, 02/05/2004
- Re: [Market-farming] Ruth Stout style gardening, Bill Bradshaw, 02/05/2004
- Re: [Market-farming] Ruth Stout style gardening, Alan Whitaker, 02/05/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] Ruth Stout style gardening,
Willie McKemie, 02/05/2004
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