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- | ====== The Guilds in FoamLab's Garden in Amsterdam ======= | + | ====== The Guilds in Foam's Garden in Amsterdam ======= |
The central elements in our garden are three low trees: | The central elements in our garden are three low trees: | ||
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One can intercrop nutrient accumulaors in between one's crops or cover bare aerth for two years with nutrient acuumulotots before planting fruittrees etc. | One can intercrop nutrient accumulaors in between one's crops or cover bare aerth for two years with nutrient acuumulotots before planting fruittrees etc. | ||
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The central element is a small **Appletree** - Appelboom - Malus domestica which is there for about 8 years now. | The central element is a small **Appletree** - Appelboom - Malus domestica which is there for about 8 years now. | ||
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**Beans, Peas, or Purple Clovers** fix soil nitrogen, improving the quality of the soil in which the tree is growing. | **Beans, Peas, or Purple Clovers** fix soil nitrogen, improving the quality of the soil in which the tree is growing. | ||
**Comfrey** and **Borage** are herbs with many human uses. In addition, they grow quickly and can be cut back and used as mulch around the tree. | **Comfrey** and **Borage** are herbs with many human uses. In addition, they grow quickly and can be cut back and used as mulch around the tree. | ||
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=== Vines === | === Vines === | ||
***Passionflower** - Passiebloem – Passiflora caerulea | ***Passionflower** - Passiebloem – Passiflora caerulea | ||
***Bramble** - Braam - Rubus fruticosus (L.) | ***Bramble** - Braam - Rubus fruticosus (L.) | ||
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The central elements | The central elements | ||
and its standing close to an **Elderberry** - Vlier- Sambucus (L.) which is standing on the ground of the neighbours. The both can stand each other very well. Onder the elderberry we digged a big hole to put the dead old tree (branches) under and covered it with eart. In this way tress can slowly over years compost under the ground. And when it rains it can absorb huge amounts of water; so in this way it can serve a reservoir. And so onder the elderberry and on top op the burried wood is our compost heap as it assists in breakdown soil. Elderberry is a natural Antiseptic, the leaves encourage compost fermentation and makes excellent topsoil. The flowers are very attractive to insects and the fruit is very attractive to birds – pigeons hang upside down in autumn to pick the berrys. It’s a general insecticide, | and its standing close to an **Elderberry** - Vlier- Sambucus (L.) which is standing on the ground of the neighbours. The both can stand each other very well. Onder the elderberry we digged a big hole to put the dead old tree (branches) under and covered it with eart. In this way tress can slowly over years compost under the ground. And when it rains it can absorb huge amounts of water; so in this way it can serve a reservoir. And so onder the elderberry and on top op the burried wood is our compost heap as it assists in breakdown soil. Elderberry is a natural Antiseptic, the leaves encourage compost fermentation and makes excellent topsoil. The flowers are very attractive to insects and the fruit is very attractive to birds – pigeons hang upside down in autumn to pick the berrys. It’s a general insecticide, | ||
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***Fern** - Varen- | ***Fern** - Varen- | ||
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+ | === Edible Flowers === | ||
+ | ***Yellow Iris** -Gele Iris - Iris pseudacorus | ||
+ | ***Wild Angelica** - Engelwortel - Angelica sylvestris | ||
+ | *** Rosemallow** - Stokroos - Althaea Rosea | ||
+ | ***Feverfew** - Moederkruid - Chrysanthemum parthenium L. | ||
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+ | ===== Guild 3 ===== | ||