Natural farming

I have been doing natural farming since years. I have been spreading seeds of different plants around my land. After some time I encounter in these already forgotten places herbs, fruit trees, fruit bushes, flowers and other interesting plants. Besides, my land have for me its own suprises. Sometimes I find forgotten plants which probably ex owner of my land planted. So I find flowers, bushes and even wild vegetables or beer plant :)))

Here I have found interesting link about natural farming:
http://www.naturalfarming.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=53&lang=en

My natural farming is different, because the climate is here different than this one in Japan. We don't have here between autumn and spring wet season but frosty dead season usually with lots of snow.


Also making clay balls  here is no use, especially if big part of my land is already made of clay which is not good soil for growing any plants. So, in order to make sure, that the seeds which I spread can have chance to grow - I choose places with uncover soil - prefarably black, fertile soil.

Such places are made by wild pigs and moles. Often also by my farm animals - with their legs.

If I want to grow a fruit tree in the place where is clay - I make a whole in the clay and put there seeds and cover them with fertile soil or old weathered manure in order to make this spot better place for easy growth of the young plant.

Today I planted some very sweet and tasty fruit trees - apple trees. Tomorrow I am going to plant some seeds of pears and maybe other fruit trees. At first I intended to grow these trees in home in small pots, but I think it would be easier for me to plant them directly into the soil, because the seeds need to undergo frost in order to be ready start growing in the spring. Besides working at my farm lonely - I need to save my forces and do minimal work as possible, because I have a lot of tasks in front of me. So for me it is easier to plant the seeds directly into the soil than into small pots in the house and then to replant them into the soil, because replanting takes more time.