#NoTillFarming

[farm-implements]

Zero Tillage: A New Way to Farm Smarter

Zero tillage, or no-till farming, is a smart way of farming that doesn't disturb the soil much when planting crops. Instead of plowing and digging up the soil, farmers leave it alone. This helps keep the soil healthy, prevents erosion, and saves water.

[seedkeeping]

Tobacco Road Farm is where I worked both 17 and 10 years ago, and where I first saved seeds on a larger scale, just outside this very high tunnel using my feet alongside a then 8-year-old hopping up and down with our bare feet. I visited a couple times this weekend while back home, and they were in the thick of Mizuna, Mache, Tokyo Bekana, Vertissimo Chervil, and Rutabaga seed harvest and processing. They grow lots of winter hardy and otherwise awesome varieties for our seed catalog and dry them down on tarps as seen here before threshing by foot and winnowing by box fans. Bryan O’Hara wrote No-Till Intensive Vegetable Culture, and he’s always super generous with time and information when I visit, updating me on their new methods and trials and efficiencies and joys. I love Tobacco Road so much! Also the jumping 8 year old is now an 18 year old flower farmer and I thoroughly enjoy trading dahlia tubers and info with her. 💜 PS. Tobacco Road Farm is in Lebanon, CT - ten minutes from my mom’s house. #seedkeeping #notillfarming https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf7lktEuM0V/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[vulturehill]

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Happy #bumblebee hive in the #orchardfloor right next to the driveway this year. #bombus #bumblebees #pollination #notill #soil #soilhealth #notillfarming #organicorchard #vulturehill https://www.instagram.com/p/CAGn_IOJpkw/?igshid=19v8d5l8bq12k

[maregoldretreat]

Some excellent gardening books! #winterharvest #maregoldbookstore #gardenbooks #nonfictionbooks #bookstagram #notillgardening #notillfarming #eliotcoleman #miniforestrevolution #hannahlewis #coldhardyfruittrees #heirloomgardening #sustainablefoodgardening #robertkourik #bookstohelpwithgarden https://www.instagram.com/p/CezIrALJSXo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[collectivegardens]

Your hard work can make nature redundant... Imagine a car on a road on a hill about to go down, it free-wheels down and builds momentum, reaches the bottom and starts to ascend the next hill with it's momentum. However this car has no engine and shortly loses it's speed. So you start to push the car up the next hill hopefully with help from your friends in order to climb and through a momentus effort you make it to the start of the next hill. Then start again. Imagine a garden the same way, by missing out key components you only have momentum from your effort and not a powered capability. So by using an engine which could be symbolised as I.M.O. (microbes) we can drive the car rather than push it. Maybe we need to refil the car (or charge) and generally manage the machine but this is managing not labouring. The momentus effort to push a car up a hill is like a seasonal cultivation in order to break up the weathered, compacted ground or by refertilising and removing weeds. By putting the effort into the initial garden build you can put that engine into the garden and cruise around town. This is done through no-dig and I.M.O. methods focusing on the real reason why plants grow and the real food content that we need to be healthy without the pain and heartbreak to do so. #treadit #treaditgardens #collectivegardens #notillfarming #notillgarden #gardenlife🌱 #nodiggarden #sustainablegarden #nodiggardens #allotments #allotmentuk #diygarden #diygardening #raisedgarden #soilmicrobes #knf #vegetablegardening #vegetablegardens #vegetablegardener #growyourownveg #kitchengardens #kitchengardening #urbangardeners #composting #soilhealth #ediblegardening #plantlife🌱 #backtoedengarden #backtoedengardening #backtoeden via @preview.app https://www.instagram.com/p/CZi4kEgvfEG/?utm_medium=tumblr

[gabyglifestyle]

#noblowing #notillfarming #workingwithnatureinsteadofagainstit #wearealldependantonit #agroforestingincalifornia (at Carmel Valley, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYpGBw2vuKd/?utm_medium=tumblr

[jobcreater]

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[mrawake]

PLANTERS OF THE TREES🌳Congrats to the homies @mendodopeboys @greenshockfarms for their No-Till Revolution organic farming skills winning 1st place Personal Flower 🏆#1 Tropical Sleigh Ride @theemeraldcup 2021 + all the legacy farmers that are still competing and winning! Emerald Triangle- MENDO/NYC🔥👁🔥@lost_coast_plant_therapy @mrbsgreentrees @smartpots @thesoilking @xtremegardening @methodseven @dripworksusa @kingsizecreations707 @buildasoil #MendoDope #GreenshockFarms #notill #notillrevolution #notillgardening #notillfarming #livingorganicsoil #sustainablecannabis ##organic #cannabiscommunity #emeraldcup2021 #mendocinocounty (at Chelsea, Manhattan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNqUy2kF6XB/?igshid=41bcy5r61qet

[weekendrenovation]

ハーブガーデンの移設のために新しく花壇?作成。　廃棄パレットを積んだだけなのに自作だとすでに愛着感💕　何を植えようか？ #DIY #家庭菜園#kitchengarden #ガーデニング #gardening #underconstruction #砂場ではありません #ここで遊んではいけません #絶対遊ぶ #organicfarming #notillfarming #naturalhighlife #naturalhighlifestyle (Asahi, Chiba) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8BOJfLDhtA/?igshid=1svy25uxipccx

[farm-implements]

What is Zero Tillage? What are its Uses?

Zero tillage, also known as no-till farming, is a revolutionary agricultural practice that minimizes soil disturbance during planting. It involves the direct sowing of seeds into untilled soil, without plowing or tilling the land. This technique helps preserve the soil structure, moisture, and beneficial organisms while reducing erosion and nutrient loss. By leaving crop residues on the field, zero tillage promotes organic matter accumulation, improves soil fertility, and enhances water infiltration.

[seedkeeping]

Here’s @cryptogam_ transplanting baby plants into one of our few fully prepped rows in the main field at Mill Hollow. Just a couple days earlier I weed whacked the whole field before some of dominant weeds went to seed. We use a mix of winter/spring weeds and intentionally sown cover crops to hold the soil in place until planting time. Since our primary focus is seed production from long-season crops, we don’t do very much winter production except for some biennials for seed and a few crops of winter-hardy greens and roots for our own consumption. This year we didn’t even know if we were able to stay on this land, so we had even fewer things in the ground from the fall. In terms of field prep, we use some methods I picked up while working at Tobacco Road Farm in Lebanon, CT (see Bryan O’Hara’s new manual No-Till Intensive Vegetable Culture: Pesticide Free Methods for Restoring and Growing Nutrient-Rich, High Yielding Crops from @chelseagreenbooks). We do not till unless expanding the field into new pasture/sod for the first time. We solarize freshly decapitated weeds and crop residue with clear plastic on sunny days above 70 degrees Fahrenheit, we then mulch with a thin but thorough layer of compost to smother any weed seeds and give our plantings a head start and a nutrient boost. This is what works for us! So excited for this time of year, and very grateful for the many different seasons of our work. #seedkeeping #notillfarming #notillintensivevegetableculture https://www.instagram.com/p/B_yk25eAOJ6/?igshid=aeqsmt50uq4j

[vulturehill]

Props up.⁣ ⁣ #orcharding #propping #oldtrees #gravenstein #fog #ciderorchard #notillfarming #orchardlife #rural_love #vulturehill https://www.instagram.com/p/CB8hi8zpb_f/?igshid=1mxydjj6rrzx8

[robinmatter]

A great read from @motherearthnewsmag https://www.motherearthnews.com/nature-and-environment/bee-decline-soil-health-zm0z19djzols The health of honeybees is a big concern to us. We believe soil health is the backbone of healthy food and pollinators. We are proud to already incorporate many of the practices in this article... organic farming, no-till farming, crop rotation, plant diversity... #organicsfarmstand #savethehoneybees #healthybeeshealthyplanet #notillfarming #plantdiversity #organicfarming #honeybees #beekeeperlife https://www.instagram.com/p/B5MB-cjpDUv/?igshid=gpdf13ev42f0

[theresanicassio]

‪#TheNeedToGrow #Documentary @theneedtogrow https://grow.foodrevolution.org/?orid=1550196&opid=314 @foodrevolutionnetwork #biodiversity #soilHealth #biochar #organicfarming #notillfarming #covercrop #composting #microbiome #healthysoil #healthyfood #regenerativeagriculture #algae #biomass #ClimateChange #agriculture #climate #ActOnClimate #ClimateEmergency #ActNow #wuvip @kitchenvignettes @rachels_news @seedlinginthewind #YUM #growyourfood #permaculture #organicgardening #theresanicassio #drtheresanicassio #climatesolutions #foodsecurity (at Vancouver, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3la1koFOPq/?igshid=16fvke3yvdtt6

[microledonfarm]

Hey Guy! Well, I finally made our first YouTube video, (oh boy 😳). Discretion advised, it’s my first video. So, I hope I don’t drive everyone away from my first attempt...lol. https://youtu.be/mzgXYaGTr5k In this video I thought I’d give everyone a little information about who we are and what we are doing to start our farm. As a new farmer myself, I hope we can help give encouragement and inspire others that may be nervous about taking the next step to achieve their farming ambitions. I’m sure we are going to have a lot of mess ups, aka learning experiences, along the way. I hope you can learn from ours and maybe help me by sharing yours. This video is also a interview for an awesome scholarship program, #beginningfarmerproject for the #NeversinkFarmCourse. Thanks for such an amazing opportunity Conner and the guys @neversinkfarm !! Information for the course can be found at: https://neversinkcourses.com Here is the link to the video again: https://youtu.be/mzgXYaGTr5k Please like, subscribe and follow our work. Also, please tag a friend in the comments that is going through the same hurdles of a new venture or tell us if you are. I would love to hear below. Thanks again guys for being awesome and so supportive. . . . #newfarm #newfarmer #newfarmers #conwaysc #myrtlebeachsc #newbeginnings❤️ #localfarmer #startupfarm #newopportunities #neversinkfarm #todaystheday #startnow #goodthingsareworththework #workhard💪 #farmpower #notillfarming (at Conway, South Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw47sPelcZ3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qm3dxd7e6le2

[brianwillott]

Crimping The Cover Crop