@rogue , not all of of nature is notill, but most of it is. Like for instance the great tree farmers of the woods , squirrels , . They dig and plant seeds/ nuts of 1000s of trees all over the wood other rodents dig as well, some distrubance is ok but you are right , no disturbance is better than over disturbance PS. I hope this doesn’t upset you, it was not my intention
I’d say that a pretty big leap between tilling and squirrels propagating oak trees.
If anything I would think the squirrels are helping spread microbiology rather than destroy it.
Yes I concur I’m just saying not all tillage is bad tillage , there are ways to disturb the soil that is beneficial , it’s very minimal and general only done once , no machinery
All sorts of creatures disturb the soil in nature not just squirrels , an extreme is land slides, but this is the tool I use , I’m just saying that not all tillage is detrimental if done consciously with minimal disturbance, I’m just saying it can be done
Reminds me of Gary Zimmer, whose into what he calls Biological Farming that says the same thing - over tillage is a sin but intelligent tillage is a useful and natural tool. He’s a cattle guy so he talks about wild cattle kicking up dirt and “tilling” in their urine and manure when they stampede and such. Then you got worms, voles, moles, rabbits, ants…lots of critters mix up the dirt
This guy is my favorite they call him “the barefoot farmer” lol it’s a 9 video series with a q&a the channel is living web farm YouTube they have classes on everything self sustaining farming literally everything really cool, educational and empowering Long Live the Natural Farmer!
Check this little dude out, jimminy has been hanging out on my plants for at least 2 weeks now if not going on a month he doesn’t eat my plants I believe he eats the hay I have as mulch , I wonder though if they have some sort of relationship with the plant beyond just laying on it and basking in the digital sun lol
Duuuuude! That is a pretty quick turnaround for shipping! Thanks for letting me know! So excited to see what these produce! Hope you and yours have a great weekend! Love & Light brother.
^ She stretched a lot the last couple of days and the top leaves weren’t very happy with the light intensity so bent her over. Stemrub is now lemon + sawdust (not necessarily pine, just random wood).
But yours went into that pot along with some others.
Sowed about 10 at once.
Some get eaten by insects or mold, the ones that survive are the best.
Natural selection.