UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu
Last spring and summer our team visited 100 small-scale vegetable farms in Minnesota to do soil health assessments, and one of the key drivers of healthy soil was tillage. Soils with less tillage had better aggregate stability, faster...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu
Tillage provides many useful services in the garden but can contribute negatively to soil health. Intensive tillage disrupts microbial communities and breaks up the soil structure. Over time, this leads to compaction, reduced water holding...