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Goetsch has these extreme management methods: he's around 80 and still on some sort of a tower, mounted on a tractor with a chainsaw!!!
This is insane!
I really like his approach, but I don't like working with a chainsaw and my husband is over 60 too. Working on a ladder with a chainsaw is dangerous and a pain.
What is your approach for managing the emergent layer? Maybe leaving it out altogether?
 
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Building up your soil health is the best approach.  Adding any and all organic matter to your soil.

Making and using compost and compost teas.

Grow mushrooms if where you live has some that will grow there easily.

with special emphasis on soil formation, regulation of microclimate and the favoring of water cycles. That way, agriculture is synced with the regeneration of ecosystems.



There is no quick answer. We have to be honest and immediately warn that you won’t find a recipe ready to copy and paste here.



From planning to planting, there is a method, and there is a practical result. More than a good idea, Syntropic Farming has proven to work, and it can address the biggest social and environmental challenges of our time. Read below the article in which Ernst describes the 15 principles that serve as Syntropic Farming’s fundamental guidelines.



https://agendagotsch.com/en/what-is-syntropic-farming/
 
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