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Stefano Bortolussi started the discussion Tillage and arable crops in an organic farm in the forum Broad Acre Crops 5 months ago
Tillage and arable crops in an organic farm
Hello,
tillage and arable crops in an organic farm is the subject of this post.
Since I have converted to organic my family farm – small, 16 hectares – I switched from a moldboard plow primary tillage (38 cm, 15″ depth) to non inversion ploughing (15 cm, 6″ depth). Now comes the tillage question: to draw the primary tilllage cultivator…
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First time JS
2026 will be my first year to start a JS reactor . I plan to post as i go along and i am open to any suggestions. Gathering the materials for now and will start putting them together in January. We have oak leaves, pine wood chips, cow manure from our Dairy for our feed stock.
I still have to get pipe, pallets, wire and fabric before I start.…
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Nina replied to the discussion Permaculture Garden Setup in the forum Permaculture 5 months ago
Reply to Permaculture Garden Setup
Hi Jannik I am not an expert – I throw mud at a the wall like many of us to see what sticks, even though we plan, often it’s reflection of experiences that worked and didn’t and as you have outlined here, there are options.
But you mentioned the difficult time with your industry and vineyards.. I’m not across that and I think we’re seeing…
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Jannik Bart replied to the discussion Permaculture Garden Setup in the forum Permaculture 5 months ago
Reply to Permaculture Garden Setup
Hey Nina,
Thanks for your input — I really appreciate it.
Yes, I’m definitely still in the exploratory phase, since I’m only just starting to develop the plan. The main issue here is really the restructuring of the vineyard area. Given the current critical market situation, we have to drastically reduce acreage and find alternative ways to use the…
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Nina replied to the discussion Permaculture Garden Setup in the forum Permaculture 5 months ago
Reply to Permaculture Garden Setup
I moved from farming organic strawberries in sub alpine where it gets bitterly cold, around 1800k north and now farming cattle (nguni) because my diet changed to carnivore (health reasons) and the difference in temperature is so significant, even if I wanted to grow strawberries, it would be very short season to grow, so I’m not the expert in…
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