A garden is only as good as the ground that it's planted in. Discussion forum for the many ways to improve the soil where we plant our gardens.
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February 7, 2014 | #1 |
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Cover crop cocktails
As always, little research done for home garden scale growing, but the principles are the same.
click for pdf: Read more here: http://www.biofortified.org/2014/02/...crop-cocktail/
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February 7, 2014 | #2 |
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Thanks, a very interesting venue! http://www.biofortified.org/
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February 7, 2014 | #3 | |
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Yes, it's a good source for information written by real scientists!
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February 8, 2014 | #4 |
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Thank you, that's an excellent link! I was looking for info on cover crops for areas of my new lawn that I won't have time or resources to plant veggies for the next two years.
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February 10, 2014 | #5 |
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More info.
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Scott AKA The Redbaron "Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labour; & of looking at plants & animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single-product system." Bill Mollison co-founder of permaculture |
February 13, 2014 | #6 |
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Here is some info for home gardens not commercial farms.
http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublicatio...24/eb1824.html
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