ur plallorrn ul wood over .he muleh, and lhls .hen
becomes an oulslde shrrwer or washruy a.ea

2. A eheular sunken paln Dir] rn (2.3 hell wrde a
eorered wlln sawdusl ar gnvel around lhrs (emral
rirele garden, and all n, 5—6 'kzyholes' or .nden.a..ons
are made. The sysaem nuw looks hke rlgure mm.

3. Ammkd eaeh keyholea bed I 52 rn 156 leell wide
rs rusl edge-banked wuh aorl lm—ZDU em le—s rnehesl
hrgh lo prerenl waler mle, and .he bed. are .hen
papered and mulehed las lor lhe banana euele) The
whole garden now looks lrke rlguae mm m plan The
sleek hnes rep.esen. low eanh ridges

Ihus, we have six mayor keyhole beds, eaeh ol whreh
rs sepamaed [mm the nerd by a Ihin imp ollernongrass
lemlrapegan rrlralurl or Venvu grass lvmarrla
nranmrdeal. lus. oulslde lhe peuphery ndee, slnps ol
lemongrass, rvrnlrey, and ammo. manna edulrsr lann
a hkuyo. grass barrler, and belund lhal. a laller border
01 eassava/banana/papaya/plgeon pea/Leurarna/
leollm lurms a hedge or ndureak, All .hese
borders grve mulch, lorage, Damn elleeas, or lood.1'he
whole mandala .s leneed ur hasa spiny wayen hedge
boundary Imam: eaelunon, .lneeessary

 

The mandala has now been eavmrshapzd and
mulehed lo preyenl waler mural! and lo cansexvl
rnorrnue We now proceed lo planl, uslng bu<kels ol
good so.l |o plare lhe lollow...g nones al planls

A, On .he dark edge border a! .he venue] palh and
keyholes, sloop-read. 0! .he palh, plank .hose
lrequenllyeplurked or everyday greens el lug]! yalue,
Here. .he plaeemenl and seleenan alleuon rs .hal all
lhe plum. av mos: a/n. .s pKlmi [m mum allke year These
are (he PATHSIDE GREENS; lhey .nelude all .he chwe
and shallm speeles, plen.y el parsley. eonander, rhyme
and sage, celery, broee ' edrble ehrysanlhemurn,
rhard, and any such long-bearing or perennial greens
le 5. yanous perennral sprnaehesl. nus .s .herelore a
narrow border or the rnner slde ol lhe keyhole beds,
planred in lhe edge sorls lherr.

a aehnrd or ou.s.de .he parhsrde plans, we plan. a I
rn {3 loan wrde snip ol speeles whrrh are frequently
pulled over a skar. la lung sensn... eg. lomaloes.
eggplanrs, bell peppers and ehrlres, bush or staked

 

beam and peas, kale, mm, okra, and so on. These are
lhe NARROW BED planas, all wrlhin reaeh ol a pan. or
keyhole As yer, we do no. need lo slep on any beds .o
harvzsl,

c. lus. eu. al reaeh, on lhe ouler borders ul lne
keyhole beds, w: plaee rnosl longererm roo. (mp
lpolaloes, swee. polarues, (drinks) or inv crop we on
AND REMOVE ltdullfiowu, head lellure, and
eaauagel mus, [m urls aup we slep lansel on lhe bed
.a harvea. and replanl, lollowrng rool erop wnh lava
beans or dahl ldned beans or lennlsl

All beds are replanled as .hey are harvesled, and a
.up rnulen al slraw, sawdusl, bark, dry manure, or
ehrps u added annually llamas, gurneaeplg ehrekens.
or small llveswck are led hum weeds, wasle vegttiblfi,
household scraps, and lurage greens lrorn lhe border
hedge leomlrey, e save, Leueaena or lemonsnss)
Veuyer grass, lemongrass ese, are cm aes hrnes
aunually lor mulrh, The mas al Veayer gnsi paeyenl
rodenl burruwrng rrom uulslde ule sysum, as do .he
rob. rnassas ul Euphorfil'a spenes

All uses, shrubs, and .ubers are planled belore
papenng and ruulr g, .hen abou. an em (I loan or
"addenrdnwn and we..ed mulrh is added, rray
seedlrngs S—IO cm (34 rnehesl hlgh, and large seeds
such as peas or beans, are eaeh planled in a hole
burrowed .n lhu mulch, win. a good double handful ol
sorl .o um hole Small seeds llelmee, ear-rob are sear
.ered .hrekly on lenses mm 5.1 em (1.5 .eell aeross and
54 cm as lnehesl and, placed and armed on lap ol
lhe .rodden rnuleh, lollowed by dusung ol a 1 cm ll/z
inchl lhaek layer ol llne sorl. A“ seed ran be pre
soaked The whole bed needs a gmd soak wrlh a
spnukler al eaeh slage

ll no weed seeds are .ncluded .n .he muleh, llre beds
are weedahve || lakes H5 manlns lo burld up wenns
and a gund sarl Any surplus eomposluoles can be
pushed under .he lap mukh layer

A larger sysrem, desrgned tor a eommunny kurhen al
a rural eenlre .n Karnaraka slale undra). uses a eore
awmblv 0145 banana sireles, and has b.lz keyhole
beds ln lhls case, a keyhole aceesaes lhe banana onles
lrlgaae maul

Any one o. lnese banana erreles (an eunlarn a srnall

 

 

 

 

 

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nmlL Wat lend belch.

Rwl ml lank nv-flluw plus umymr uh llnpahe a welded mm
para-n mweruurlespaaus uanls aooealnrnannsaarles

 

 

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