[Growwine] 9 % OM soils

[Martin Paré]

Hi,

that is one of the unsung virtues of hardy hybrids in our rainy climate: allows 
to run grassed alleys :-)

No tilling, you minimize OM losses.  With hilling ( and the in-season tilling it 
requires), Alain's soil would degrade super fast.  Took us 5-6 years of corn-
bean rotation to just do that at his neighbourg's farm when I worked in St-
Paul.

martin

On 7 Mar 2008 at 13:32, Alain Breault wrote:

> The topsoil wasnt built like that . When we bought the farm it was all in 
> standard appletree and before that 170 year before it was the original 
> forest. Anyway I think that the topsoil was never exposed to air and the OM 
> was not destroyed. Under that is 5 feet of gravel
> Alain
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Laura" <laura-sabourin at sympatico.ca>
> To: <growwine at littlefatwino.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 12:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [Growwine] Birds
> 
> 
> sorry my question was not clear
> How did you build your soil to 9% OM ?
> 
> Laura