To All, Science News, June 20, 2009 article, " no brainer behavior" reports on a study of fava beans and pH. "...from a study of fava beans by Long Liat at...
Hi, This message is translated by software, sorry for the mistakes. I notice that I finished my own site, is an expanded, renovated and improved free manual ...
For those of you who have joined us in recent years and may not realize this, Emilia Hazelip was a member and occasional contributor to this list in its early...
Dear farnk and all, I am growing wheat in rice straw and growing mung and rice in wheat straw since last many years with N.F.. I never made compost and bring...
Okay, so the question begs asking, if leaves are detrimental to soil fertility, then why are the soils highly fertile where forests have formerly been? At...
*Nothing at all* "This realization completely changed my life. It is nothing you can really talk about,but it might be out something like this: "Humanity knows...
Paddy harvesting requires lot of effort in cutting the straw at the base and then carrying it back for threshing. In natural farming, this straw is spread back...
I own two scythes and love one but hate the other. The one that I use for almost all my mowing needs comes from www.scythesupply.com out of Maine. They are...
if any farms that are on the west coast of the US, (including British Columbia in canada) or mexico, need help, I'm an experienced organic farmer, but i don't...
Hi Folks, I have never used the Fukuoka method before, but have been reading about it. As I've learned, I've posted some basic information on Fukuoka and his...
Hi My name is Judy Phillips. I've been lurking about the group for a few weeks now and though I should introduce myself. I live in the backwoods of southern...
Hi Bob, Ha Ha! That's more like it! Puts the helicopter in the shade!! Shame it wouldn't work though, absolutely TERRIBLE, unnatural ergonomics, I'd go for...
Who said threshing. They are harvesting grain by hand in muddy fields, a very practical solution for a small land holder. You want to take wheels into those...
You're right to see the funny side, and wrong not to take it seriously. The cycle powered helicopter is a good example of the unintelligent and impractical...
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5A909H20091110?pageNumber=3&virtualBrandChannel=11621 By Claudia Parsons, Russell Blinch and Svetlana Kovalyova ...
I am from the Philippines and I am involved in a project that would like to develop a Natural Farming Training Center cum demo farms. Can you give some leads...
Hello All, I am currently interning at an organic farm in Hawaii. They have just been turned on to natural farming and in fact many of the owners are...
Dieter, that link didnt tell anything about innoculating soil organisms into the char, the many(claimed) success stories of it increasing fertility, or , that...
As I said before, the best way of improving soil (and water-retention) is by adding organic matter. The organic matter must be returned to the soil as _a...
Jase, thanks for the advise on planting. Any way to make seed balls without equipment, or high labor? In one expt, I spread subsoil on the stomped weeds, chop...
There is a product at a website that I used to have a connection to, that is basically just a polymer made from vegetable sources, that one can spray on the...
Dear NF member, I am looking inter crop for tomato, brinjal, bitter gourd and ridge gourd. Can any one suggest suitable mixed crop to above crops. Thanks and...
Folks, with so much wisdom in one thread there is very little for me left to say if I don’t want to repeat what you have already said. Tom, it’s of course...
Hello, There was recently a post on the school of natural farming in Korea called Janonglove. Does anybody know an English or French equivalent natural farming...