permaculture

["Don" <ujgs@4dirs.com>]

Hey Folks,
I have heavy clay soils here in Mesa,AZ and I used to dig twice a year to 
prep for the spring and fall.
Now I do NOT dig...I tickle the surface enouth to prep for seeds and that's 
it.

I "Do no harm" to the living organisms and the biodiverse system that does 
the work for me...I replace the compost, plant worms, spray EM's, and use 
boards to stay off the soil and limit compaction. This allows the soil 
organisms to do the work for me "I can sit on the patio couch (mollison 
technique) knowing I set up the system to be more sustainable"

My veggie bed is raised 6 inches, 20x20, spray irrigation (to volitate the 
chlorine from my tap water), org fert w/ em's, and then rotate the chickens 
in the bed!!!

My seeds come up the same, my yields are the same and my Chiropractor gets 
less $$$.

Don Titmus, Four Directions PermaCulture.
Mesa, AZ.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "E. E. Mitchamore Jr" <emitch@att.net>
To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Global Food Supply Near the Breaking Point 
||Double-Digging and John Jeavons' methods and books


> Three comments about double-digging:
>
> 1) My soil is single-dig deep (then rock).
> 2) In the absence of mechanical disturbance (introducing air) there is 
> little nutrient-producing biological activity below a foot of depth.  Thus 
> it's not very "natural".
> 3) It's HARD WORK!
>
> So, if Jeavons' concepts are based on double-digging, it's not for me.
>
> E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
> www.hillcountrynatives.biz
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Lawrence F. London, Jr.
>  To: permaculture
>  Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 1:40 PM
>  Subject: Re: [permaculture] Global Food Supply Near the Breaking Point || 
> Double-Digging and John Jeavons' methods and books
>
>
>
>  Double digging a garden plot may be the best way to improve soil without 
> using
>  any power equipment. Alan Chadwick and John Jeavons developed the method
>  and popularized it through lectures, workshops and publications. This 
> method
>  began being widely used during the 1960's-1980's as many companies 
> marketed
>  imported English-style garden tools that worked best when using this 
> gardening method.
>  The basic array included short D-handled tools such as a digging spade 
> (straight point),
>  a digging fork and a spade fork. You could do it all with these three 
> tools. A rake,
>  garden spade, pitchfork or compost fork and manure fork or potato digger 
> were also used.
>
>  A few references:
>
>  Ecology Action
>  http://www.growbiointensive.org/biointensive/GROW-BIOINTENSIVE.html
>  Jeavons' Books, Seeds and More:
>  http://www.bountifulgardens.org/
>  John Jeavons' books:
>  "How To Grow More Vegetables That You Thought Possible On Less Land Than 
> You Can Imagine"
>  New 6th Edition
>  http://www.growbiointensive.org/biointensive/book.html
>
>  Alan Chadwick lectures
>  http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/orgfarm/permaculture/Alan.Chadwick/
>
>  Gardening Hand Tool SOurcelist
>  http://market-farming.com/gardening-hand-tools.faq
>
>
>
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