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Crop Rotation in the Home Garden
The How Do Gardener ^ | 09/06/2013 | Rick Bickling

Posted on 09/09/2013 4:23:35 AM PDT by orsonwb

Crop rotation is the practice of growing different crops, on the same land, in sequential planting cycles ranging from 2 to 8 years...

(Excerpt) Read more at howdogardener.com ...


TOPICS: Agriculture; Food; Gardening; Reference
KEYWORDS: croprotation; gardening; planting; survival; vegetables
Found this helpful while planting my fall garden yesterday.
1 posted on 09/09/2013 4:23:35 AM PDT by orsonwb
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To: orsonwb

Thank you. Looks like a nice listing of what is related to what.


2 posted on 09/09/2013 5:51:48 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: orsonwb

I’ve practiced crop rotation all of my adult life. But I’ve run across an accomplished gardener who has ties to professionals and a university who says it is not necessary if you take the right steps to keep the soil healthy. He has excellent yields and has won awards for “nutrient packed” farm categories (I’ve never heard of such a thing) for his vegetables. He claims micro nutrients and holistic farming are the key. I thought he was interesting.


3 posted on 09/09/2013 6:13:50 AM PDT by BipolarBob
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To: orsonwb

Thx for the article.
FR has a weekly garden thread if you’d be interested.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3063499/posts


4 posted on 09/09/2013 8:02:31 AM PDT by sockmonkey (Of Course I didn't read the article. After all, this is FreeRepublic..)
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To: orsonwb; All

http://www.kristv.com/pages/dales-tomato-formula/


5 posted on 09/09/2013 4:34:57 PM PDT by patriot08 (NATIVE TEXAN (girl type)
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To: BipolarBob

Any links or info on his methods?


6 posted on 09/09/2013 4:37:00 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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http://harmonygardens.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2008-01-01T00:00:00-06:00&updated-max=2009-01-01T00:00:00-06:00&max-results=19


7 posted on 09/09/2013 6:41:32 PM PDT by BipolarBob
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To: BipolarBob

Thanks!


8 posted on 09/09/2013 8:33:41 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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Not a problem. I’ve been to his place. He starts his garden out by digging @3’ down and 3’ wide and starts building his row in layers. He always mulches. Plants winter peas in all/most of the beds (for the nitrogen/nutrients). He treats the soil as a living organism (bacteria and stuff). Keeps it from drying out. He recommends a book to get started but I can’t remember what it was called and it may be in one of his links. Stresses soil samples to get the proper balance.


9 posted on 09/09/2013 8:45:11 PM PDT by BipolarBob
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To: BipolarBob

The peas are a really good idea.


10 posted on 09/09/2013 9:10:35 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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