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Regenerative Gardening, No-Till Winter Cover Crop Strategies

UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 29, 2023

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. If you live in a high-rainfall climate, I recommend applying straw mulch after seeding to reduce crusting and soil loss.

Crop

Crop Cash Crop Seeding Harvester

More things in Heaven and Earth: Mycorrhizal fungi, ploughing, no-till and glyphosate

Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 14, 2023

The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology estimates that “One teaspoonful of topsoil contains around 1 billion microscopic cells and around 10,000 different species.” A claim repeated in various ways, is that a teaspoonful of healthy soil contains more living organisms than there are people on the planet.

Ploughing

Ploughing Crop Yield Farming

Regenerative Gardening, No-Till Winter Cover Crop Strategies

More things in Heaven and Earth: Mycorrhizal fungi, ploughing, no-till and glyphosate

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