Watering Without Irrigation

Recent scientific research augments traditional dry land farming practices that have allowed us to produce large vegetable crops for 30 years without irrigation. I’ll explain how we create and use the combination of key requirements; a stable clay/humus complex, fall tillage techniques for rain infiltration, liming, cover cropping, composting, harrowing, and shallow cultivation. We’ll also discuss how key line plowing, mulching, hilling, crop rotation, and common sense also help make our gardens drought resistant.