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Originally Posted by Nan_PA_6b
Oh. me too. I'm going no-till partly because it's getting harder to use the tiller. 
But those aches & pains really make you find ways to streamline your gardening. 
I'm going to cover crop this fall, some winter-killed radishes, oats & peas. Get my nitrogen, break up the clay, with as little work as possible.
Nan |
I did the no till- do nothing method the last few years. It was easy, but the results suffered.
I put down weed mat like I always did planned on putting 3-4" of straw on top of that for moisture retention but the 3 bales I bought at Lowes was full of seeds. Decided to plant peppers in the bales.
I decided to buy some bales of compressed pine shavings (fine) and am using those instead. I will remove the weed mat this fall and work the pine shaving into the soil a little to help decompose. The work what's left into the soil next spring. I am really trying to break up this wad of clay I affectionately call a garden.
