posted 15 years ago
i agree that you migh have some areas that you may require tilling..that it is silly to separate the two..organic...and no till...into rivaling gangs !!
even if you do till you can still have organic..and if you end up having to use some form of herbicide you can attempt to do the least harmful product available..
but to put them up against each other is just plain stupid..why not try to do the best of both worlds..no till and organic..
when we put in our drainfield..i had to till..as we had to bring up the willow that was buried from the field and break up the stuff that was solid down under..but after going over it with the tiller to even and spread the fill, and raked out the willow (pulling out any sprouted missing pieces)..that was the last it ever got tilled !! it was immedaitely planted with anything we could get our hands on..and it all grew like topsy..
the areas of our property that had been tilled over and over before we bought the property and moved here..are really crappy soil..and are nearly impossible to rebuild and get growing good..right now i'm sheet composting those areas ..and sheet mulching the plants..and putting in things that are shallow rooted and strong likeberries and having good success..but the soil there was really hard packed crap !!
Brenda
Bloom where you are planted.
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