It has been shown that soil disturbance through tilling can dramatically affect the functioning of mycorrhizzae and other beneficial soil organisms. I stopped turning the soil in my raised bed three years ago and my crops get better every year.
A picture of my raised bed at work with a coworker standing in front of. Ami
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Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways,
totally worn out, shouting ‘...Holy Crap .....What a ride!'
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