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2006 Radio News Release - Cut 1 (No-Till)

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USDA’s NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE HAS BEEN PROMOTING NO-TILL FARMING FOR DECADES. NOW THEY ARE PROMOTING NO-TILL GARDENING FOR EVERYONE ELSE AS WELL. MASTER GARDENER SHEILA O’RILEY EXPLAINS:

microphoneCut 1 No-Till (WAV, 00:34)

(Transcript) "Like no-till farming, no-till gardening is a way to garden without the expense and work of tilling. Besides saving money on fuel and rototiller rental fees, no-till gardening allows your soil to stabilize and maintain a healthy biodiversity. Tilling disrupts your soil's natural patterns and can cause erosion, loss of organic matter, and soil compression. These are the very things that will reduce garden yields. Tilling a garden is counter-productive. It makes the garden beds nice and loose for a few days, but tillage also breaks up the soil into small particles that are more easily compacted the next time you walk across the soil surface."


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