Building sustainable gardens-compost crops?

Tracydr · September 9, 2014

I was reading Gaia's Garden. She said that you need about 3-4 times as much lsnd to produce compost crops than actual crops.
Does anybody actually do this?
I've been kicking around getting a few comfrey plants and adding some cardoon in addition to the artichokes. ( I'm kind of afraid the cardoon will be invasive).
I have about 18 acres of trees and vines so maybe that's all I need? Obviously, I'm using all the pine straw, wood chips and leaves that I can physically collect without killing myself. Plus, kitchen scraps and our UCGs. I will see if my new work has an expresso stand that I can get larger quantities.
Once the chickens have a coop, I will have that. Once I get my horses set up, I will have manure, but that will be spread on their pasture.

September 9, 2014	#1
Tracydr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7 Posts: 3,207	Building sustainable gardens-compost crops? I was reading Gaia's Garden. She said that you need about 3-4 times as much lsnd to produce compost crops than actual crops. Does anybody actually do this? I've been kicking around getting a few comfrey plants and adding some cardoon in addition to the artichokes. ( I'm kind of afraid the cardoon will be invasive). I have about 18 acres of trees and vines so maybe that's all I need? Obviously, I'm using all the pine straw, wood chips and leaves that I can physically collect without killing myself. Plus, kitchen scraps and our UCGs. I will see if my new work has an expresso stand that I can get larger quantities. Once the chickens have a coop, I will have that. Once I get my horses set up, I will have manure, but that will be spread on their pasture.