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Victoria Pich's Blog – June 2015 Archive (1)

restorative agriculture and our food supply

We've been trying to apply some permaculture principles in our garden. I planted comfrey around the drip lines of two fruit trees, and then put down newspapers and dirt/compost under the tree, with oregano, chives and wild arugula on top of that. The comfrey mines the soil for minerals and makes excellent mulch. It seems to blanket the tree roots well, and the trees are doing fabulously. We're rid of that pesky grass, and the herbs are in flower. For the first time, the pears don't have…

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Added by Victoria Pich on June 30, 2015 at 9:00am — 1 Comment