Want a vibrant, healthy garden that produces nutrient-rich vegetables, herbs, fruits, etc. while sequestering carbon by increasing soil organic matter (SOM)?
Disturb the soil as little as possible.
At Singing Frogs Farm north of San Francisco, a “No Till No Kill” system is an example.
They cover their planting beds with mulch and compost instead of plowing or using herbicides. New plants are inserted directly into the compost; they use a high biodiversity of cash & cover crops which are continuously rotated to break weed, disease and pest cycles.
This system retains more water, requiring less irrigation, & produces high crop yields.
It has increased SOM by 400% in under six years, sequestering significantly more carbon.
Listen to a podcast by owners of Singing Frogs Farm at https://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-05-27/paul-elizabeth-kaiser-sustainable-farming-2-0/