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When building soil or feeding hungry plants, go heavy on nitrogen fixers. | When building soil or feeding hungry plants, go heavy on nitrogen fixers. | ||
+ | Nitrogin fixers come in all sizes from clover to shrubs, to trees such as black locust, alder, and acacia. | ||
Many **legumes**, | Many **legumes**, | ||
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+ | ***Yarrow** | ||
+ | ***Chamomile** | ||
+ | ***Fennel** | ||
+ | ***Lamb’s quarters** | ||
+ | ***Chirory** | ||
+ | ***Dandelions** | ||
+ | ***Plantain** | ||
+ | *and many more... | ||
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+ | Most of these plants are considered as weeds; and they make their living ass pioneer species: tough sundependent, | ||
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+ | ====== Pestcontrollers/under and above the ground | ||
***Tagetes** - Africaantjes: | ***Tagetes** - Africaantjes: | ||
- | ***Marigolds** - Goudsbloem -Calendula officinalis: | + | ***Marigolds** - Goudsbloem - Calendula officinalis: |
- | ***Nasturiums** - Oostindische kers - Tropaeolum (L.): for all grounds: good groundcover and/ or climber | + | ***Wild marigold** - Tagetes minuta: repels soil nematodes |
+ | ***Nasturiums** - Oostindische kers - Tropaeolum (L.): it deters white flies for all grounds: good groundcover and/ or climber | ||
+ | ***Elderberry** | ||
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====== Roots ====== | ====== Roots ====== | ||
The roots of trees and shrubs can go deep in the underground and even throught the underlying stoneground to get from there minerals and to suck water, and to make this available for themselves and their neighbours who don’t have these long roots. | The roots of trees and shrubs can go deep in the underground and even throught the underlying stoneground to get from there minerals and to suck water, and to make this available for themselves and their neighbours who don’t have these long roots. | ||
- | all members of Pea family / Vlinderbloemigen do have a taproot to penetrate deeper in the ground | + | ***all members of Pea family** / Vlinderbloemigen do have a taproot to penetrate deeper in the ground. |
+ | ***All Rootvegetables** are aswell usefull. | ||
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+ | when soil is compacted or clayey, plants are excellent tools to restore tilth and fluffiness. | ||
+ | Species with deep, soil busting taproots are perfelt for the job. These include: | ||
+ | ***Daikon** | ||
+ | ***Chirory** | ||
+ | ***Comfrey** | ||
+ | ***Artichoke** | ||
+ | ***Dandelion** | ||
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+ | Others don’t have a single taproot but instead thrust a massive, fibrous rootsystem deep into the erath to accomplish the same soil loosening: | ||
+ | ***Mustard** | ||
+ | ***Rapeseed** | ||
+ | ***Alfafa** - Luzerne - Medicago (also a good nitrogen fixer) | ||
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+ | You can use these plants either of two strategies; sow them into afuture orchard or garden to work a year of two before the final planting or intercrop them among beds or under trees to continually break up the soil. | ||
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***Winterkers** (vergeten eten) | ***Winterkers** (vergeten eten) | ||
***Zevenblad** -Ground Elder - Aegopodium (L.) | ***Zevenblad** -Ground Elder - Aegopodium (L.) | ||
+ | ***Sweet Cicely** - Kervel roomse | ||
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***Good-King-Henry** – Brave hendrik - Chenopodium bonus-henricus (perennial) | ***Good-King-Henry** – Brave hendrik - Chenopodium bonus-henricus (perennial) | ||
***French Sorrel** -Spaanse zuring-Rumex scutatus | ***French Sorrel** -Spaanse zuring-Rumex scutatus | ||
+ | ***Common Sorrel** - Veldzuring - Rumex acetosa (flora) | ||
***Veldzuring** -Common & French Sorrel (Flora) (perennial) | ***Veldzuring** -Common & French Sorrel (Flora) (perennial) | ||
+ | ***Musk Mallow & Malva Moschata** - Muskuskaasjeskruid (en groot kaasjeskruid) en Malva sylvestris: (also used as veg.) | ||
+ | ***Vijfdelig Kaasjeskruid** - Malva alcea; perennial (flora) | ||
+ | ***Dandelions** - Paardenbloem – Taraxacum officinale (perennial) | ||
+ | ***Myrrhis odorata** | ||
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***Green Alkanet** - Ossentong - entaglottis sempervirens: | ***Green Alkanet** - Ossentong - entaglottis sempervirens: | ||
***Salad Burnet** - Pimpernel - Sanguisorba minor (Scop.) | ***Salad Burnet** - Pimpernel - Sanguisorba minor (Scop.) | ||
- | ***Dandelions** - Paardenbloem – Taraxacum officinale; (also used as veg.) | ||
***Peppermint** - Pepermunt - Mentha ×piperita: (Mentha is capable to spread itself easily so it function aswell for a constant layer of living mulch) | ***Peppermint** - Pepermunt - Mentha ×piperita: (Mentha is capable to spread itself easily so it function aswell for a constant layer of living mulch) | ||
*** Parsley** - Peterselie -Petroselinum sativum: perennial | *** Parsley** - Peterselie -Petroselinum sativum: perennial | ||
***(Hamburgse)-Krulpeterselie**: | ***(Hamburgse)-Krulpeterselie**: | ||
***Camomile** - Kamille echte – - Matricaria recutita | ***Camomile** - Kamille echte – - Matricaria recutita | ||
- | ***Sweet Cicely** - Kervel roomse | ||
***Sage** - Salie echte - Salvia officinalis | ***Sage** - Salie echte - Salvia officinalis | ||
***Cowslip** - Sleutelbloem gulden - Primula veris (B): perennial | ***Cowslip** - Sleutelbloem gulden - Primula veris (B): perennial | ||
***Stinkende Gouwe** - Chelidonium majus | ***Stinkende Gouwe** - Chelidonium majus | ||
***Thymes** - Tijm wilde - Thymus serpyllum | ***Thymes** - Tijm wilde - Thymus serpyllum | ||
- | ***Myrrhis odorata** | ||
- | ***Common Sorrel** - Veldzuring - - Rumex acetosa (used as veg) | ||
***Ladys Mantle** - Vrouwenmantel - Alchemilla mollis | ***Ladys Mantle** - Vrouwenmantel - Alchemilla mollis | ||
***Sunflower** - Zonnebloem - Helianthus annuus | ***Sunflower** - Zonnebloem - Helianthus annuus |