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Regenerative Gardening, No-Till Winter Cover Crop Strategies

UnderstandingAg

This is generally accomplished by mechanically removing plants by flail mowing, tillage, cultivation equipment, or by manual labor. Although no-till implies not tilling at all, many no-till market gardeners still rely on some form of light tillage to create a seed bed or apply copious amounts of compost as a mulch to create a seed bed.

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Your car is killing coho salmon

The Counter

The 5,000-acre reservation is nearby, and the Tribe’s Department of Natural Resources does restoration work along Ohop Creek. ” The system was contributed by Cedar Grove Composting, following several experiments led by Jenifer McIntyre, one of the Washington-based researchers who has emerged as a leader in this effort.

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PARALLEL ECONOMIES - AGRICULTURE

The Lunatic Farmer

But instead it shackled us, enslaved us to nefarious scientists bringing us fertilizer and menus from laboratories instead of from God’s ecological womb. Floating on a sea of cheap energy, these facilities promised mechanized farming and pharmaceutical health. A functional authentic agriculture requires a focus on quality.