nnd lill wnn lmmannd muss lm 5m“ (mp and
vegeubles, lap-mulchlng m needed. we dnmesne
walk? links, gleyed ponds, solld gunne dnms, and
nndesgmnnd phshcrlmed elsml-ns beek-lllled mm
snnd wlfl mld wales,

solL LIFE IN ma morlcs AND summons
Termiles, ants, and some wmms m m nlwmus sml
mesnmns nl man arid and humld suhlmp lmess
Bum snls and «ermnes me very azlwe m the lmnswn
a mued mrk and subsoil lo the smlnee, m upemng up
galleries ten the Immune]! ol Waler, snd ln me
lneskdown o1 woody and lesly plsnl nulellal Some
speeles eeesle large mounds, dlnen mnld undemmnnd
cnmpnsl heaps lm lungal eullum, and nll see nellve
burmwcvs and mnlden

Tennnes may haw: s dK ve role In (he dynamlc snd
delimle balance belween me mimn vi surlm sml and
me .eplneemem ol me soil by subsoil .nd mued ruck
pnnldes They eensmly have an lmpunanl mle m plan!
sneeesslon nnd dlsnnmlmn in Savannah mens, m wnem
lennne and m muunds me me unIv welleamed or
elevsled sues m n landscape snlned m "nods, m where
Impermzable elnys nndmlle lmn pens (“sunny wl|h
sud anizmhlc sails) ln mess slluamuw m snml hmp‘
pmsenl an Ideal sue lm planter vegelahml m ndnpnd
mp planning

Hnms mm seems msl both the lml—enner am m
50th Amenm and lmmne monnds m Uganda nsslsl
[amt spmd or .slsbln ands ol lsller \cfielamm m
grasslands on their mounds m mlomes I haw nlsu
nbsuved llns .n Ihe grlnile :nnnny .n Hyderabad,
lndls, and um and peallands In Tnsmsnm Such muumk
pmleel soils 1mm lirv. walzrlnggmg, and poor aenhon
ln humld mess, some such seqnenee ss |al| nmsses
lpemnse ml Emgmslmam lol‘owzd nyslnnbssnenns
msnn ail bean, Pmsolm, and llnomy legumes. Fmally. an
understory and lmesl may develop lmm larger nees
snen sslsnwlnd, Vflrx. Snplllln,urpalms domlmm

Thus, we esn sun this processm a mndesl \e on cl
n by seedmg mm lennne or am mounds using slmnn
speel 7even law snnnesps may press!“ a me lo!
gmnd eover planeers in gmsslsnds l-lsms xeemds
(mp5 snel. as slssl, (0mm, and lnbatco dellbeeslely

 

 

 

cultivakd on luge munmls .n gmsslnnds Palms and
enllee esn have much or men uuCer mm summed by
lermnss wuhuul Mingling less» 0! pmdudlnn lennnes
may yeslly assl>| lne pnmary lamkduwn nl lugs,
enmse stems, and hard lesl mnensl used as mukh ln
plnnlefllom ul (olive, lea, m bnnsnns

It ls n mallet ul specllying {by dwmnnn and loenl
n-pnm whlrh nselnl emps m lmes me ch nlnns on
mounds, nlnel. 3x: slueked mu remmn plndm'uve.
.md nlnen nelnnll, beneln by assouihun wllh n loenl
lexmne m ml spenns Hannng .n nnl m lemme
mounds IS n psmeulm example or rllche gardening
widelv apphmbk m lne lmples I lnwe snceesslnllv
germmmui dalkun mdlsn m nnl heaps m grdshlands ns
pan ulnmzngmver memp pmdumon

AN and mmuk' mounds Psesenl s nen dnpnsn nl ml.
mum and pnlssn, hater asmlnsn nl sml, and n lsslm
mnlnsnnn 0! Na u m release [mm-rah mm mm Mb
as granites, whlch noucnhlv nn m mode lsslee nnen
hurled In a neelnlllmlmn sml envmmmem.

SOURCES OF humus FOR TROPICAL SOILS
As lmmns m lhu sml pmndes n gum: cEc, we must
louk w xhe pmvu’wn a! such nmnns a: a pxlomv Some
mum me

. bogs nnd branrhes ol llees These are snmelnnes
mlnd m we! lemme m piled up ns mugh mnlen
nmnnd nvw em. pkan|lng~ l>nlm wnsms me nnen
plenulul

- Dclnms lnnn slnnlls ol hambuo, pmh, Dulllmmls

. Aqua“: weed mmssnd ememenl wnlemeeds

. Cmp nnsles sml manuns, lmnsendld masms

. Hedgem, lungs and >purmllwgnmn mulch
plnnls

. amen muk)! nnd gmund men

gm 5 ad :mdlsslmmlsm
m mpld bmakdown n wood under me enmmned .n
llnenee uf mm, heal, lenmles and lungl mam llml we
lem ml. lugs mgdnen m n. me “5:56an m
at! .15 plnnung sues This lechnlque IS mosl nselul lm
bare clay smls, eroded mess, and Isnlakd smlls (uslng
me nnnxs uiold P.lm mes).

m “mm, . lmdllioml snsmgy .s n, ml lhe W n

 

FIGURE nu .
GARDENING m mass cmnlllc sums ‘
elm-m sum mm slam DEM—1mm mums man. ulufl
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