I think I'm going no-till

Cole_Robbie · July 19, 2016

I don't use a tiller. I probably should have once, honestly, but I just scoop up buckets of black dirt from my grandparent's cow field. It's mostly composted hay, where the remnants of the big bales sit and rot. I make a ridge of that dirt, put down drip tape, and cover it all with black plastic mulch.

And I just wait until everything gets soft. Some GWR will turn yellow, but not all. The one in the pic above, I ate a little soon, because I dropped it on the floor trying to take the pic, but it was still very good.

July 19, 2016	#11
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	I don't use a tiller. I probably should have once, honestly, but I just scoop up buckets of black dirt from my grandparent's cow field. It's mostly composted hay, where the remnants of the big bales sit and rot. I make a ridge of that dirt, put down drip tape, and cover it all with black plastic mulch. And I just wait until everything gets soft. Some GWR will turn yellow, but not all. The one in the pic above, I ate a little soon, because I dropped it on the floor trying to take the pic, but it was still very good.