Living Lab, Living Lab-Field Crops, Living Lab-Horticulture, Media, No-Till, Small Grains
As a collaborator on the Living Lab – Ontario initiative, the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario (EFAO) is one of 10 partners who will facilitate on-farm research trials focused on reduced tillage and continuous cover. EFAO will support two trials, one in organic field crop production and one in organic vegetable production.
Living Lab, Living Lab-Horticulture, No-Till
Encouraged by the success of hand planted no-till garlic into winter killed sorghum-sudangrass this past season, read about how Ken tried to mechanize the process using a no-till transplanter for their 2021 crop.
Living Lab, Living Lab-Horticulture, No-Till
Growing cover crops so that they provide enough residue to suppress weeds for organic vegetable production requires planning!
Living Lab, Living Lab-Horticulture, No-Till
Growing cover crops so that they provide enough residue to suppress weeds for organic vegetable production requires planning!
Living Lab, Living Lab-Horticulture, No-Till
For the no-till garlic demonstration that is part of EFAO’s No-Till Vegetable Trials, Ken Laing planted garlic on November 1, 2019 into a frost-killed cover crop of sorghum-sudangrass.
Living Lab, Living Lab-Horticulture, No-Till
As part of EFAO’s No-Till Vegetable Trials, Ken Laing is doing a lot of no-till transplanting! Here are some of his reflections on the challenges of no-till planting seed and transplant. There are many challenges awaiting those who want to switch in whole or in...