Category Archives: No Till Benefits

Rossdale Farm | Conserving water and drought resistant gardening

Rossdale Farm: I have seen a lot of posts on Facebook gardening groups with concerns about water for the upcoming gardening season. With declarations of droughts already in place before the growing season even starts, and warnings about how severe the wild fire season will be, I understand the concern about having enough water to...

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    Rossdale Farms | Weeds in no till gardening

    Rossdale Farm uses no till gardening which is a sustainable agriculture practice.

    Rossdale Farm – One of the best parts of no till gardening is weeding!! In my 26,000 sq ft garden, I spend roughly 1 hour every two weeks weeding! Contrast that weeding all day, everyday all summer before I switched to no till gardening! Before I finished the whole garden, the weeds were already back...

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      Rossdale Farm | What it took for me to switch!

      Rossdale Farm – No till gardening is weird and very different from what we all grew up learning about gardening. Covering your soil with mulch? Not tilling and keeping the same rows year after year? I finally decided to try one small corner of my garden. I hauled mulch out in my mini van to...

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