I've known about this technique for many years, but have never actually tried it. I think I might just get round to it this year! I've done all the digging I ever want to, and find that forking up the crops, lots of mulching, and a bit of raking at sowing time, are really all the cultivation that the ground needs. Straw bale growing is just another form of no dig gardening in my book.
Marches
Joined: 13 Dec 2011 Posts: 171 Location: Nr Peak District, England
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 13 9:24 pm Post subject:
"There's no such thing as bad soil, just bad gardeners"
Even a poor rocky soil can grow something, in such cases one has to find crops suitable for the soil instead of planting just anything.
I've done all the digging I ever want to, and find that forking up the crops, lots of mulching, and a bit of raking at sowing time, are really all the cultivation that the ground needs. Straw bale growing is just another form of no dig gardening in my book. 
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