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David S. Wall
Thanks the NR's new Editor.
I asked you to ask Jeb for a Gardening and Culinary section for the NR and you delivered!
Well, you delivered a garden story...that's a good start!
No-till gardening has been around for a very long time.
No-till builds the soil from the "top-down" and improves the soil structure; enabling and facilitating the little microbial, fungal and other critters which make the soil nutrient rich.
Earthworms eventually show-up.
The beauty of this technique (No-till) means the Land Conservation and Development Commission might find it a little more difficult to grant Urban Growth Boundary expansions predicated on "useless farm land" arguments.
After all, once a farmer/gardener gets good at No-till, any soil can be made nutrient rich to support the crop of choice.
Good job to the Straw-Bale gardeners!
Keep on experimenting!
Consider sprinkling a little bone-meal in your mix.
Bone-meal is rich in Phosphorus which in turn, is good for root and flower development in vegetables and flowers.
David S. Wall