Re: no tilling at Rodale

**m* l* <m*@earthlink.net>**

They tilled their bindweed?  Gasp.  Margaret Lauterbach

>
> > From: "Mary Ann  wrote about the Rodale farm "They had
> > just begun the no till methodology and had great results."
>
>I  too had the pleasure of visiting the Rodale farm when GWA was 
>there two years ago, and I remember that although the no till plan 
>was working for them, they DID say that they needed to till the 
>fields every third or fourth year to control the weeds. They found 
>that for two years the corn could out-compete the weeds (and I have 
>many shots of corn and bindweed growing together at their farm) but 
>that after that the weeds would overtake the crops if the land wasn't turned.
>
>I remember liking that they weren't absolutely wedded to one method 
>or the other but were willing to experiment and see what would work best.
>
>C.L.
>C.L. Fornari
>www.gardenlady.com
>
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