Re: No-till gardening
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- Subject: Re: No-till gardening
- From: T* H*
- Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 12:53:23 -0800
>>Rebecca Lance wrote:
>>
>> Two years ago,
Richard Starkeson added :
>
>Rebecca, did you keep the chips you piled on top of the soil moist? (it
being
>very dry in the foothills except in winter).
>
>Well, this is another testimonial for no-till. I'm still a bit skeptical,
(snip)
>I have been very intrigued by this no-till approach,
(snip)
>farming, however. Getting out the handy spreadsheet program,
(snip)
it took but a few
>to a farm of 1000 acres (a standard size farm in California (and in the US
>midwest, where I am from),
(snip)
>manure. That is the equivalent of a 100 meter square (the size of 2
american
>football fields) pile, 82 meters tall, or the height of a 26 story building
(snip)
So, Richard, is this just an exercise to bring to despair those of us who
would
have liked to try no-till ?
Or do you maybe have the 1000 acres in California and were just "wondering"
if it would work for you provided you could get a 26 story high ......
whatever .....
and could we/someone direct you to "where to shop" for it ..... ?
Toni Hawryluk
Seattle
tonihawr@email.msn.com
who has been saving newspapers for three months (and doesn't think
the stack is adequate) and saving money also for three months to purchase
whatever "mulch" is going *on* the newspaper (and *knows* it's not
adequate - yet) but is waiting for the rain to stop (in Seattle - good
luck !!)
so she can put into practice a trial of no-till as soon as both savings are
large
enough to cover an area 20' x 20' to *spreadsheet* figure depth .....
