To improve the production of nature with the least intervention possible, Masanobu Fukuoka invented a system to replace the plow and scarecrows and other methods:
• Mix seeds in clay pellets ( Nendo Dango ) of about 2 or 3 cm then be scattered the field.
• The balls will dissolve with the first heavy rain, and the seeds begin to sprout, so far protected the animals and time.
• In the seed mix are included crop seeds you want to do, along with other plants (mainly white clover) that germinate quickly and create a thin layer that protects the soil from the light, preventing the germination of weeds, but no cereal or whatever you want to cultivate.
• Instead of plowing or weeding the field is covered with the remains of plants grown in the previous harvest, so that creates a natural compost that retains moisture and nutrients and prevent proliferation unwanted herbs.
Eye, sometimes you have to buy plants of proven quality and sprouts, which are more expensive, but nothing gives as much satisfaction as watching a seed germinate. And is that even after patiently tried the process again and again for several generations, sometimes, just sometimes, very occasionally, you get the following:
