Tillage vs. no-till: Getting a handle on the trade-offs in soil management practices
When it comes to till vs. no-till, there is give and take in any situation, according to an Ashland County soil conservationist.
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The 'No-Till' Gardening Method Will Save You Time and Effort This Spring—and It's So Beneficial for Your Plants
That's why you should know about a method that cuts back on this sometimes tedious and exhausting labor. It's called no-till ...
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How And When To Till The Soil In Your Garden
One way to prepare the soil is by tilling, which is when you turn over the soil and add amendments to get it ready for planting. But not every gardener agrees that tilling is the best method ...
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Rainfall simulator on the road again
The Illinois Soybean Association’s new-look rainfall simulator trailer hit the road for a demonstration at a central Illinois ...
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Why soil matters (and what we can do to save it)
Photograph by Shutterstock Even the plow, often considered one of history’s great inventions, can be bad news for soil. Tilling breaks up compacted ground, controls weeds, and incorporates ...
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A Stroll through the Garden: Tilling the soil can start soon
WARNING: It’s too early to plant your garden. You are still in planning mode. Recently, when I did the garden talk in ...
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Development and Operation Model of Plant-derived Soil Additives for Road Disaster Reduction on Problematic Soil
Developing methods for constructing roads on expansive soil by using soil additives derived from local plants Many parts of Ethiopia remain hardly accessible due to a lack of well-maintained rural ...
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Why soil is disappearing from farms
When European-American settlers first began ploughing in Iowa, they found the weather and local geology had combined this organic mulch with sand and silt to form a nutrient-rich type of soil ...