Editing Permaculture (section)

=== No-till gardening ===

{{further|No-dig gardening}}
{{distinguish|No-till farming}}

Edward Faulkner's 1943 book ''Plowman's Folly'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Faulkner |first1=Edward |title=Plowman's Folly |date=1943 |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |oclc=563317}}</ref> King's 1946 pamphlet "Is Digging Necessary?",<ref>{{cite book|last=King|first=F. C.|title=Is Digging Necessary?|publisher=[[New Times Media|New Times]]|year=1946 |url=http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/135484}}</ref> A. Guest's 1948 book "Gardening without Digging",<ref>{{cite book|last=Guest|first=A.|title=Gardening without Digging|publisher=Wigfield|year=1948}}</ref> and Fukuoka's "[[Do Nothing Farming]]" all advocated forms of no-till or no-dig gardening.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://oceanofpdf.com/authors/masanobu-fukuoka/pdf-epub-the-one-straw-revolution-an-introduction-to-natural-farming-download/ |title=Resource: The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming |access-date=2023-07-30| work=oceanofpdf.com}}</ref><!--https://empressofdirt.net/history-no-dig-gardening/ useful but not citable--> No-till gardening seeks to minimise disturbance to the soil community so as to maintain soil structure and organic matter.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/building-fertile-soil-zmaz03jjzgoe/ |title=Michael Rothman, Building Fertile Soil |work=www.motherearthnews.com| access-date=2023-07-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/soilmgmt.html |title=Preston Sullivan, NCAT Agriculture Specialist, ''Sustainable Soil Management'' |access-date=2009-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305021221/http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/soilmgmt.html |archive-date=2009-03-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>