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Re: [Market-farming] Market-farming Digest, Vol 61, Issue 2
- From: Huntingfool306 AT aol.com
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- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Market-farming Digest, Vol 61, Issue 2
- Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 12:16:16 EST
Re: Bringing ground back into production
You could try no-till farming. Essentially you grow a cover crop and at the
time when the crop is just ready to seed you can either bend and break the crop
with a "Crimper" or you can use an herbicide to kill the cover crop. Then you
seed right through the cover crop and it becomes your mulch.You can
make these implements yourself or in some cases there are ones for
loan. We live in a water shed and the no-till method is being encouraged
for many reasons. You use less It is a win- win situation. No-till should
be cheaper for the farmer because you use less fertilizer, herbicide
and water- there is also less labor involved so in theory lower pass
role and fuel costs .
No till is also better for the water shed since there is much less run
off. Since you never till you improve your soil health by increasing organic
matter and decreasing soil compaction. No-till is sustainable but not
necessarily organic. We tool a free class though extent ion you may find
one around your nearest watershed.
Here are a few links:
have a great day,
Ted and Sue Swart
Catskill Organics Farm
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- Re: [Market-farming] Market-farming Digest, Vol 61, Issue 2, Huntingfool306, 02/05/2008
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