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"DogDiesel" wrote:

"Billy" wrote in message
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http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/20101...rganic-no-till



My plan last year was based on a modified no till method by Ruth Stout. With
a pile of hay and fabric for ground cover. Due to my weed issues. I skipped
the no till part though. And I'm looking at what I have now and its a mess
out there. Plants , leaves, grass , bark, branches, weeds laying
everywhere.

So I don't know what to do either. I got the part about screwing up the
worms and nematodes and bacteria . But
tilling sure cleans up the mess doesn't it?

So does laying newspaper over the beds, then covered the newspaper with
mulch, and hosed it down. Last year, I laid drip irrigation on top of
that and then covered all with clear plastic (wait 6 weeks before
planting, if you can). I cut openings in the plastic near emitters, and
used a dibble to create a planting hole. The plastic made the ground
about 5F warmer than without, and I was ahead of most gardeners in the
region by about 3 weeks.
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- Billy
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
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