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| Organic Weed Management by Steve Gilman | ||
| Weeds can be enemy, useful indicator, valued guardian, health-giving medicine. After reading this book, you’re likely to see (and grow) things differently, perhaps viewing your weeds as distinctive, informative neighbors—not all of whom can stay! A commercial farmer, Gilman devotes several chapters to strategies of control: stale seedbed, use of the stirrup hoe and weedeating machines, mulching and timing. He helped pioneer the biostrip approach—periodically-mowed strips of biodiverse growth between cultivated rows which amount to intentional sod where weeds might otherwise grow and which beneficial insects can inhabit.
Organic Weed Management was created under a program of NOFA/Mass and is now included as part of the Interstate Council/SARE series. Steve Gilman, who also wrote NOFA's Organic Soil Fertility Management, has been farming organically since 1976, growing herbs and vegetables in the Saratoga, N.Y. area. He is a longtime presenter and writer on organic matters. Recently, he served as Managing Director of the North East Organic Network (NEON), a USDA research project administered through Cornell University. Steve has also served in numerous capacities on the boards of NOFA-NY and the NOFA Interstate Council. | ||
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