I received the following two emails. The problem was not the no-till. The problem was the management of the no-till method. The soil was being depleted of organic matter and soil compaction was the results. It is still being depleted but the spader does not tell him that. I have seen this around the world: a successful method but bad mangement so they said it failed. Regardless of methods, soil should be no less than 5% OM. Steve wrote: Dripping Springs in Huntsville, AR, tried no-till beds for about five years, but found that soil compaction was increasing and making it difficult to transplant and so forth.
Another wrote: I got rid of my roto-tiller years ago. Now I, an older woman with a bad back, grow all the vegetables I need easily and without the cost of fossil fuel. Ken ______________________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden
