In article , huluzu s wrote:

'Billy[_10_ Wrote:
;913511']In article , huluzu s wrote:
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i tried this zero tillage thing too, since i got an 'advise during my
studies' (http://studyadvisor.com/) of how to start ecological farming.
well i must say, i was more
than disappointed and i am still looking for the right alternative.
not
even sure, what i want anymore. -

Odd. I have used this method for the last 5 years and I am very happy
with it. Last year, I was a month ahead of other gardeners in my area. I

can't imagine what could have gone wrong. Things do go wrong. Last year

was a cool year here, but the problems that I had weren't the mulches
fault.

You did mulch, didn't you?


yes yes. i did use mulch.
but i also believe that it might have been a combination between the way
too rough winter and my inpatience. actually i wasn't too engaging to
that.
let my husband do most of the work and i'm not quite sure, what he did
wrong.
but at this time i take a little break anyway, so i go enough time to
research for other possible alternatives.

Spread your amendments on the beds
N:
18.37 lb. chicken manure/ 100 sq.ft. (2.88 oz/sq.ft.)

P: (rock phosphate)
3 lb. / 100/sq.ft. (.48 oz/sq.ft.)

K:
How much wood ash should you use in your garden? The late Bernard G.
Wesenberg, a former Washington State University Extension
horticulturist, recommended using one gallon of ashes per square yard on
loam to clay-loam soil, and half as much on sandier soils.

Cover with sheets of newspaper

Cover newspaper with 3" to 4" alfalfa

Hose the bed

Wait 4 - 6 weeks and plant with seedlings. Use a dibble, ideally the
pointy (sharpened) end of an old shovel handle, to make the planting
holes.

For seeding directly to the soil
Rake in the amendments,
Seed,
add mulch as plants grow.

Mulch can act as cover for pill bugs, silver fish, and other insects
that can eat the very tender eaves of sprouting plants.
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- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 16 April 1953
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