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Environment & Energy

formercia

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3. Hard on Combines, though.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sun May 6, 2012, 06:43 AM

May 2012

but a great idea.
Native peoples planted beans at the base of the cornstalks and allowed them to twine up the stalk. Pumpkins and Squash among the Corn kept the soil shaded and weeds in check.

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African farmers grow trees as a natural crop fertilizer [View all] xchrom May 2012 OP

Here's another article from BBC news with more detail and a photo of the system in use independentpiney May 2012 #1

indeed that's obviously a posed picture. xchrom May 2012 #2

ty for the links.... dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #7

Hard on Combines, though. formercia May 2012 #3

They still do. sulphurdunn May 2012 #4

Somehow, Monsanto will claim it was their idea first rurallib May 2012 #5

K&R varelse May 2012 #6