Wanted to start a thread to talk about soil compositions of fellow no tillers. Please share any and all advice. Remember everyone has their methods or some are still trying to get a grasp on this stuff including myself so no trolling please. Throw around any ideas! Humus and why it is vital Just watched a tubecast on the importance of a humus layer under the mulch bed. Very interesting. This is where a majority of your bacterial/fungal activity takes place. Even the worms love it. Im slowly mixing worm castings with the mulch on top to help break that down. The humus is the ticket to a free ride.
already two threads about no-till, all the info is there. No-Till Gardening No-Till Gardening: Revisited first one is locked but the revisited thread is still up and running and very active. i think its just better to keep all the info in one place for ease of access.
I got a lot of good info on the soil food web from that youtube cast and got inspired. Have you seen his videos. I love his way of thinking. Gardeining in the.most economically friendly way possible with almost no inputs. Stripped to the bare essentials.
I guess i have lots of reading. Do they cover bare essentials only? Im talking extremely stripped down. Water inputs only. Soil food web? The dirt poor farmer...