Re: [Community_garden] A couple more useful links on soil and gardening

2011-03-25 Thread Ken Hargesheimer
You do not have to buy anything from anybody for the garden except seed. Do three things to the soil: 1. Add organic matter 2. Add organic matter 3. Add organic matter. *Organic, no-till gardening, in permanent beds, using hand tools, takes almost no funds, increases yields, reduces labor by

[Community_garden] A couple more useful links on soil and gardening

2011-03-25 Thread Guy Serbin
Hi, Here are two more goodies forwarded to me courtesy the Soil Science Society of America: Garden silage and intensive gardening: http://thenationonlineng.net/web3/business/agriculture/31706.html Improving soil production capacity and resiliency: http://anrcom.msu.edu/news/article/improving_soi