@lazy gardener Thank you! Actually my satellite internet connection data cap just reset, so I will try to check out the BTE film again. I only got 2-3 minutes into it before my streaming playback just locked up.
I was not familiar with Ruth Stout, but with a quick read on Wikipedia I can see she had some good sense about gardening! I'll add that to the upcoming research pile.
My VERY cursory exposure on those two methods leaves me wondering: do their methods eliminate the need for fertilizer? I'll be interested to learn! The "natural farming" of Masanobu Fukuoka got stuck in my brain because he says you can grow without fertilizer!
Now he DID use poultry manure on his cereal crops. But that was the only imported matter to his grain growing operation and not used in excessive amounts. He continuously cropped his grain fields for over 40 years with no tillage/cultivation, no fertilizers (apart from the poultry manure), no weeding, and no chemicals of any kind. Also he only used hand tools so no fossil fuels were needed, and equipment maintenance was very simple. The result? His yields were at least as good as the best conventional growers.
I think you and I appreciate "laziness" very much. So did Fukuoka
Additionally I'm hoping to use parts of my unused land to grow enough strategic green manures for the ALL the veggie gardening efforts. My goal is NO external inputs - to not even need animal manure! Of course adequate seed saving on that scale will take many years to get right... But I'm excited to try new things!
Oh! If anyone wants woodchips for whatever homesteading/gardening projects/experiments, make friends with a local arborist or two
I think we got 40 yards of free chips this year. Of course you can't be picky about free chips. But, hey, free chips!
I was not familiar with Ruth Stout, but with a quick read on Wikipedia I can see she had some good sense about gardening! I'll add that to the upcoming research pile.
My VERY cursory exposure on those two methods leaves me wondering: do their methods eliminate the need for fertilizer? I'll be interested to learn! The "natural farming" of Masanobu Fukuoka got stuck in my brain because he says you can grow without fertilizer!
Now he DID use poultry manure on his cereal crops. But that was the only imported matter to his grain growing operation and not used in excessive amounts. He continuously cropped his grain fields for over 40 years with no tillage/cultivation, no fertilizers (apart from the poultry manure), no weeding, and no chemicals of any kind. Also he only used hand tools so no fossil fuels were needed, and equipment maintenance was very simple. The result? His yields were at least as good as the best conventional growers.
I think you and I appreciate "laziness" very much. So did Fukuoka

Additionally I'm hoping to use parts of my unused land to grow enough strategic green manures for the ALL the veggie gardening efforts. My goal is NO external inputs - to not even need animal manure! Of course adequate seed saving on that scale will take many years to get right... But I'm excited to try new things!
Oh! If anyone wants woodchips for whatever homesteading/gardening projects/experiments, make friends with a local arborist or two
