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Re: No Till SQFT

Doreen Howard wrote:
>
> Not only is it a crime to break up the fine soil structure you've attained,
> but it's also prudent to leave productive soil as undisturbed as possible to
> retain nature fungi, such as mycorrhizae, in the soil.  The hypae from these
> fungi gather nutrients for plants.  I use a thick mulch of leaves and/or
> alfalfa hay and let them rot into the soil.  I scratch a bit, but never more
> that an inch or two deep, before I plant the next crop.  After seeds and
> transplants are up and growing, on goes another thick blacket of mulch to
> rot for the next season.  Has worked for me for 20 years in square foot
> gardens and large row ones, too.
> Doreen
>
        Then I guess the question now is:
When you want to plant something tiny like carrots, do you take off all
the mulch in the square or make little wells? Also I am going to use a
lot of grass clippings for my mulch, should I dry them out first or
since it will be added only one sq ft at a time can I just put it on
green?
        In general, if you have some time, could you give some specific tactics
that you use in your sq ft garden? Methods that you use to keep things
neat and rotting.
        TIA!
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