No dig garden construction - workshop

MykRushton

This is the full video of the no dig garden construction workshop from 2009 that the previous quick video was made from. The video features Bob Jones and Myk Rushton

You do not have to follow the video specifically, you can use different materials - just follow the general pattern of construction

Visit the New Zealand no dig garden website http://www.no-dig-gardening.org or the www.permaculture.org.nz if you wish to further discuss this or other techniques for a resilient future

Radical Somerset Vegetable Growing: To Dig Or Not To Dig?

TransitionVision1

Charles Dowding is renowned for his radical approach to cultivating vegetables which includes, endearingly, a no-dig regime! Colleen Jackson of The Farming Channel, Transition Vision visited Charles at his base in Shepton Montague, near Bruton, Somerset to find out more. See more material like this on www.transitionvision.tv

Reduced Tillage in Organic Vegetable Production Webinar

eOrganic

This webinar will take you along Helen Attowe's 25 year journey to develop a reduced tillage organic vegetable production system.

Small-Scale No-Till from Vegetable Farmers and their Sustainable Tillage Practices

eOrganic

Vegetable Farmers and their Sustainable Tillage Practices [DVD]. V. Grubinger. 2007. University of Vermont Extension. Available for purchase at: http://www.uvm.edu/vtvegandberry/Videos/tillagevideo.html. Jay and Polly Armour, Four Winds Farm. Gardiner, NY.

Living Mulch Sustainable Farming near Missoula

paulwheaton12

http://www.permies.com

Helen Atthowe, Missoula County Horticulturist (1995-2010)  speaks about a variety of Living Mulch Management - Balancing Crop and Clover Interrelationships. 2011.

Helen talks about creating beneficial insect habitats: bees, parasitic wasps, (in april she was experiencing a 1-to-1 ratio of parasitized aphids to non parasitized aphids), spiders, ground beetles ...

Broccoli, brussel sprouts and cabbage yields are explored. Using three foot wide raised beds.

The minimum till was done with a single shank chisel plow followed by a light tilling with a tiller/rotovator.

Living mulches experimented with include clover which contributes nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, but also competes with the production crop. The trick is to find the balance and get the best of all worlds.

Music by Jimmy Pardo

Jane Mt Pleasant: The Problem with Plows

CornellHorticulture

Maize Production in Western New York from the 17th to 20th Centuries

Jane Mt.Pleasant , Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture, Cornell University presents her research about how Iroquois farmers grew amazing amounts of corn without plowing at a Feb. 28, 2011 Department of Horticulture seminar

Source: http://wn.com/cornell_horticulture