Growing a Revolution
I had no idea that plowing was bad! In my own garden I diligently turned over the winter cover crop and raked the surface smooth again. I thought I was helping to create a fluffy weed-free environment. I was wrong! First, tilling (plowing) messes with a complex underground ecosystem that is essential for healthy plants. Disturbing the fungi that access nutrients and process them into forms that plants need or the microbes that produce compounds that promote plant growth or…