Small Scale No-Till Vegetable Production (from the EFAO 2021 Conference)

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In December of 2021, I moderated two separate virtual events at the EFAO conference (www.EFAO.ca). The first was on larger scale no-till vegetable production and I posted that video yesterday. The second was on small scale no-till vegetable production and they were both loaded with value!
The four speakers in today's video are Daniel Mays, Kristine Hammel, Ryan Spence, and Isabelle Spence-Legault. Learn more about our speakers at efaoconference2021.sched.com/...
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This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 2020-38640-31521 through the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program under project number LS21-348. USDA is an equal opportunity employer and service provider.
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26 июл 2024

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@kennethevelien7442 2 года назад

Hi, Around min 52 the couple is talking about the difficulties they have to grow cucumber in a rather cold climate. Here in Belgium it also can the a bit to cold to grow them. But here i got a tip from a very nice boek: Cucumber need a warm, moisted ground, with al lot of hummus, pH between 6,5 and 7,5. There are sometimes planted on a combination of compost and manure. Dig a hole from 20cm deep and 30cm wide, fill it with semi digested compost or manure (mixed with straw), and plant om the little hill the cucumber. Because the compost or manure is getting composted, it gives of heat. And that benefit the cucumber.

@davidorsini3818 2 года назад

I found this video incredibly valuable and would love to see more gatherings like this. Really handy for understanding situational context and the nuances of different methods on different farms. Also the ability to bounce ideas back and forth to improve or troubleshoot or even just sharing what worked and didn't work through experience. Please do more conferences like this, so many nuggets of useful information. Thanks Dave Australia

@SkotColacicco Год назад

As a no-till market farmer in california this video has SSOOOOooooo many useful and specific wisdom nuggets from real farm experience. Thank you so much for this sharing.

@gangofgreenhorns2672 2 года назад

Daniel looks so much like McNulty from the Wire. Totally a compliment. 55:31 Greg Auton of Maritime Gardening grows no-till parsnips every year, but he might just harvest with a stick to dig around them. He's in Nova Scotia 6A.

@Irishjay-gu5pb 2 года назад

Awesome! This is great!! Thank you!!

@petermac6221 2 года назад

Great discussion.I cringe at the thought of using landscape fabric as it breaks down to micro plastic despite its positive benefits.Its a difficult scenario.

@culturingresilience5774 Год назад

Hi Jesse, thanks for sharing this helpful session. Just came up in my feed for the first time. Can you share the name of the book that Kristine mentioned towards the end? German author, Crop companion oriented.

@fabian2885 Год назад

Hi, the book is written by Marie-Louise Kreuter and has the Title "Der Bio Garten" (the organic garden in english)

@OakKnobFarm 2 года назад

I don't live far from Frith Farm. I'm excited to try to visit for a tour sometime. Great interviews

@alexpowell9 2 года назад

Loved this conference! Always so amazing and such a great community. I was wondering if anyone could comment on their switch from a 30" bed to a 42" bed...I'm very interested in starting with 42" beds, but have you had trouble finding any equipment for this size? the BCS flail mower for example is max size 35", and the 5-row Jang seeder at 15" wide would be an awkward fit on 42" beds. Anyone have any experience with tools that they previously used on a 30" bed system that were not adaptable to the 42" system?

@notillgrowers 2 года назад

good question. We switched from 30" to 48" and still use the same equipment. It's just two passes instead of one sometimes but honestly we rarely use it on the bed tops anymore so it mostly works out. There are other mowers you could possibly try depending on how you use it?

@alexpowell9 2 года назад

@@notillgrowers cool thank you. I am just starting and would like to give the larger bed sizes a try. 5' C to C, with 42" beds to start, and maybe expand to 48" beds with 5' C to C as time goes... I find it difficult to make that 12" path work with the BCS rotary plow, but maybe I just need more practice. Definitely easy to see how wider beds makes mkre sense once you do the math! I love the growing your mulch in place idea. I wonder if a sickle mower would work to do this. I'll be just one person to start and it sounds like Daniel Mayes "roller crimper" method is a multi- person activity. I am thinking of experimenting with a sickle mower and wondering if anyone has any experience or thoughts on that.