Garden and
Field Tillage and
Cultivation
Introduction 33
Lecture 1: Overview of Tillage and Cultivation 35
Lecture 2: French Intensive Method of Soil Cultivation 41
Lecture 3: Mechanical Field-Scale Tillage and Cultivation 43
Demonstration 1: Preparing the Garden Site for
French-Intensive Soil CultivationInstructor’s Demonstration Outline 45
Students’ Step-by-Step Instructions 49
Demonstration 2: French-Intensive Soil Cultivation
Instructor’s Demonstration Outline 53
Students’ Step-by-Step Instructions 57
Hands-on Exercise 61
Demonstration 3: Mechanical Tillage and Cultivation 63
Assessment Questions and Key 65
Resources 68
Supplements
- Goals of Soil Cultivation 69
- Origins of the French-Intensive Method 72
- Tillage and Bed Formation Sequences for 74
the Small Farm - Field-Scale Row Spacing 76
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