Hackensack Community Garden

02/18/2026

Mark Shepard's New Forest Farm in Wisconsin.

01/28/2026

To till or not to till?

Check out this tillage radish (part of a cover crop mix) we found on a visit to a Kentucky farm. The soil has a serious compaction layer, and you can see right where it is: it makes the radish grow every which way but down.

➡️ Here's the thing: this field has been cover cropped for over 12 years, but that compaction layer persists.

We've advocated a strategic tillage pass to break up this compaction, part of a strategy of "Deliberate Disturbance."

"Good stewardship is not about minimizing disturbances but about optimizing disturbances to produce the best ecosystem and productivity outcomes" writes John Kempf. Read more: https://advancingecoag.com/article/deliberate-disturbance/

* This cover crop was a winter mix with clover, oil seed radish, black oats, kale and more.

01/28/2026

Once again the animals outsmart the humans on how to create pristine habitat. Beavers restore rivers! 🦫

01/25/2026

12/02/2025