#notil

All one needs to invest in to get started is many different seeds and sow them by the fistful, then only the best will aways survive. Include nitrogen fixing cover crops for fertilisation.

Harvest only half of what you get and let the rest go back to the soil, then for the next season you won’t even need to sow, it’ll all just sprout by itself from the seeds that went into the soil from half the harvest you left there.

The seeds will sprout at different times, so even with rough weather early on there will always be those that sprouted later that’ll survive. Or vice versa, you may lose the later sprouts while the early sprouts thrive.

Walking paths can be created throughout the land in geometric patterns with a thick layer of bark/wood chips mixed with a variety of mushroom mycelium. Mycorrhizal species can be selected for maximum yields, since they entangle themselves with the roots of the crops, creating a symbiotic relationship with the plants and the soil life. They feed not only the plants but also the bacteria and other microbes necessary for the cycle of life.

Mycorrhizal fungi provide the crops with an array of nutrients and water which they absorb like a sponge, very much acting like the nervous and circulatory system of the soil. Fungi thrive on carbohydrates, which are provided by the fruitbodies from the crops that are not harvested and instead are left behind to feed the soil life.

When left alone, life creates more life.  

It’s so simple and easy. Every new generation of crops will be stronger and more flavourful.

After sowing once, all that is needed, is to harvest only half, for the rest of your life, and your children’s lives, and their children’s lives… That’s it.

You’ll leave behind a legacy of fertility and food security along with an increase in fertile soil and stronger genetics, adapted to the local soil and weather.

This method can also provide peaceful and safe jobs for the traumatised and depressed.

Very beneficial for children as well and anyone who desires to establish a closer connection with that which created us, that which feeds and nourishes us.