Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

Hi Rinda,
here it is a definition:
Synergistic gardening is a system of organic gardening, developed by Emilia Hazelip. The system is strongly influenced by permaculture, as well as the work of Masanobu Fukuoka and Marc Bonfils. 
After establishing the garden, there is no further digging, ploughing or tilling, and no use of external inputs such as manures and other fertilizers, or pesticides. Soil health is maintained by the selection of plants, mulching, and recycling of plant residues.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synergistic_gardening)

Here a short introduction: http://en.opencrafts.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Synergistic_Agriculture

Hope it helps!
I tryed myself on one bed and the result was so so; but i need to practice more with more beds.
the idea of not needing to dig, no need to remove weeds, it's just fascinating.

Bye :)

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From: Rinda Frye <frinda@bellsouth.net>
To: "Organic_Gardening@yahoogroups.com" <Organic_Gardening@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Organic_Gardening] Re: Newbie


 
Haven't run into the term synergistic gardening--explain?

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>Hi,
>in answer to this:
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>> Thanks so much.  Glad to join.  I'm really interested in getting my health better and the 
>> best way to do this is to keep away from GMO's.  Enough said. ha 
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>Can you plant and grow GMO's freely in your own garden? In Europe the regulations are pretty strict  (well, depending on the single country).
>Other than the GMO's, another big issue, imho, is the use of chemical fertilizers: they are used freely and heavily... and they mantain the idea of the soil needing them to grow plants.
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>I'am experimenting synergistic gardening (correct translation?, developed by Emilia Hazelip) and i find terrific the idea of the soil not needing external addition.
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>Is anybody experimenting this technique too (or similar)?
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>Bye,
>Red
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