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Any farmer can clarify for you that this post is bravo sierra. There’s a reason farmers leave fields either (a) fallow for a season, or (b) plant clover in that field for a season. Soil is renewable but it only contains a given amount of nutrients.


24 posted on 03/03/2011 9:45:30 PM PST by Rembrandt (.. AND the donkey you rode in on.)
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To: Rembrandt

Any farmer can clarify for you that this post is bravo sierra. There’s a reason farmers leave fields either (a) fallow for a season, or (b) plant clover in that field for a season. Soil is renewable but it only contains a given amount of nutrients.
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It’s called composting/fertilizing. I compost the droppings from our chicken house along with used bedding straw, grass clipping and other misc plant matter, then till the aged compost into the garden beds every spring. Have had the same raised beds for 15 years, this year will be the 16 year straight with superb results. If your just starting out, use commercial manure until you have sufficient compost.


27 posted on 03/03/2011 9:57:52 PM PST by JohnKinAK
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