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ARTICLE POSTED NOVEMBER 15, 2017

What is No Till FArming?

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DECEMBER 9, 2017

growing soil, really?

It’s often said at the USDA that organic material in soil consists of “the living, the recently dead and the very dead.” This is a helpful way to understand the processes that shape soil and make it fertile. The living​ portion of soil is made up of ... read more!
Harvesting eggplant under shadecloth
Harvesting radish after record-breaking deluge of rain
Building permanent raised beds using composted leaves and small branches for our topsoil
An example of layers, although we did not use manure
Interns transplanting pepper starts
Ground view of Hakurei turnips, like a secret world under the leafy canopy
Cherry tomatoes under shadecloth
Hakurei Turnips
Rows of kale, eggplant to the left, chard to the right, straw in the aisles
Harvest of chard in several bins
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My First Farm 
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A fenced, one-acre plot and two small greenhouses in Gaithersburg, Maryland.  Much of the acre is shaded and one-third receives full sun. In 2018, the farm team built 20 beds including two trellised beds. My regenerative farm plan for season one was to grow sun-loving vegetable crops in the sunny area. In season two and three, 2019 and 2020, we've started growing shade loving herbs and next year, we'll start mushrooms under trees. 
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Farm intern, Dawn Wagner preparing the greenhouse for over-winter planting.
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In Wisconsin, educator Dr Erin Silva uses a front mounted crimper-roller to flatten and kill off the cover crop or to flatten an already harvested crop, she simultaneously seeds a new crop with rear-mounted no-till seeder.
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This is no till farming

farming  //  november 15, 2017

IS THAT EVEN A THING? 

​No till farming is a method that eliminates conventional plowing and the use of machines and tools that turn over the soil and expose it to the sun and windwhich compacts and erodes farmland. Plants need sun, air and water to thrive, and if the earthworms... 
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ABOUT the ​farmer

Gigi Goin has small-farm experience and is eager to share about no-till farming and growing soil!
Gigi happily meets with neighbors and farm collectives to share about her farm progress and methodologies. 
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Mycelium and mycorrhizae

farming //  octobER 23, 2017

Here’s the game! Engaging in a symbiotic relationship with fungi is clearly a winning strategy for plants, and the connections reach more widely than you might suppose.  
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