Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Approach to No Till
In this rebroadcast of the radio show that aired live on July 7th, we talk about soil and no-till practices with market gardener, farm journalist, and podcaster Jesse Frost. He’s the host of The No-Till Market Garden Podcast (https://www.notillgrowers.co
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Show Notes
In this rebroadcast of the radio show that aired live on July 7th, we talk about soil and no-till practices with market gardener, farm journalist, and podcaster Jesse Frost.
He’s the host of The No-Till Market Garden Podcast, and he and his wife are no-till farmers at their Rough Draft Farmstead in Kentucky.
Frost’s new book is The Living Soil Handbook.
Choosing a No-Till Model
Frost says that there is no one-size-fits-all model of no-till growing.
It depends on the context — things such as soil, rainfall, climate, and the crops being grown.
No-till is as varied as the growers using it.
3 Principles to Grow By
A successful no-till system goes beyond not tilling.
Frost suggests three principles growers and gardeners can use to guide their approach to tillage:
- Disturb the soil as little as possible
- Keep the soil covered as much as possible
- Keep the soil planted as much as possible
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