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Re: [Market-farming] tillage and cultivation tools for clay soils
- From: Richard Stewart <rstewart AT zoomtown.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] tillage and cultivation tools for clay soils
- Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:30:33 -0500
Manure spreader, chisel plow, discs with notched lead edge discs and harrow (we just drag a steel I-beam with 12" lengths of rebar welded to the dragging edge). Use the manure spreader to introduce bulk amounts of sand and organic matter. Chisel plow disc. Cover crop with a green manure like wheat, rye, tillage radish, buckwheat, clover. Repeat for three years. :) Your clay soil may look a while lot better. That's what I am doing for 16 acre plot. That is nothing but clay and shale. Drought hit us hard last year and prevented most of what we planned. Hard to work clay in a drought. :D Takes time but soil management does not happen over night. I'm lucky if I can use it in three years. It'll probably take longer. Richard Stewart Carriage House Farm North Bend, Ohio An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855 (513) 967-1106 On Feb 12, 2013, at 3:18 PM, stonecirclefarm tds.net wrote: Does anyone on the list have recommendations for tillage and cultivation tools that help if one has heavy clay soil? Thank you. |
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[Market-farming] tillage and cultivation tools for clay soils,
stonecirclefarm tds.net, 02/12/2013
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Re: [Market-farming] tillage and cultivation tools for clay soils,
Richard Stewart, 02/12/2013
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[Market-farming] CSA Boxes,
pech, 02/13/2013
- Re: [Market-farming] CSA Boxes, Wiediger, Alison, 02/13/2013
- Re: [Market-farming] CSA Boxes, stonecirclefarm tds.net, 02/13/2013
- Re: [Market-farming] CSA Boxes, Lucy Owsley, 02/13/2013
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- Re: [Market-farming] tillage and cultivation tools for clay soils, Richard Stewart, 02/13/2013
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[Market-farming] CSA Boxes,
pech, 02/13/2013
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Re: [Market-farming] tillage and cultivation tools for clay soils,
Richard Stewart, 02/12/2013
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