November 21, 2024

VIDEO: Broadfork: How and Why to Use it & Why We Stopped Using Ours


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27 thoughts on “VIDEO: Broadfork: How and Why to Use it & Why We Stopped Using Ours

  1. In a small garden, or when one has enough time anyway, is there any reason not to use an ordinary garden fork the same way as you use the broadfork? Or in other words, besides the width, does the broadfork have any other advantage over an ordinary garden fork?

  2. Hi Moreno,
    i have been market farming for 30 years and no-till for the last 4 years. I did a test, broadforking one bed and not on the next bed. The vegetable grown was daikon, a root vegetable. The harvest in the not broadforked bed was larger. I repeated the test the next year and got the same results. Great to hear that you got the same results. Any explanation?

  3. I watched Charles Dowding state the same thing: that he tested and found broadforked beds inferior to undisturbed beds; however, you further stated that broadforking is only for initial break up of the soil. I wish someplace rented broadforks, as they cost $$$ to purchase.

  4. Just wondering, do you grow in the same plot after harvest time and again or do you let the soil have a chance to replenish and if so, how do you replenish your soil. I know farmers with stock rotate their fields frequently. Do you add compost and manure?

  5. You're the best! Articulate and knowledgeable and very experienced. I can see you will be a one-stop-shop for all my gardening lessons. Thank you for sharing your methods, they will come into good use for me in the future!

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