130 lines
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130 lines
4.3 KiB
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ur plallorrn ul wood over .he muleh, and lhls .hen
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becomes an oulslde shrrwer or washruy a.ea
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2. A eheular sunken paln Dir] rn (2.3 hell wrde a
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eorered wlln sawdusl ar gnvel around lhrs (emral
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rirele garden, and all n, 5—6 'kzyholes' or .nden.a..ons
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are made. The sysaem nuw looks hke rlgure mm.
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3. Ammkd eaeh keyholea bed I 52 rn 156 leell wide
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rs rusl edge-banked wuh aorl lm—ZDU em le—s rnehesl
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hrgh lo prerenl waler mle, and .he bed. are .hen
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papered and mulehed las lor lhe banana euele) The
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whole garden now looks lrke rlguae mm m plan The
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sleek hnes rep.esen. low eanh ridges
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Ihus, we have six mayor keyhole beds, eaeh ol whreh
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rs sepamaed [mm the nerd by a Ihin imp ollernongrass
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lemlrapegan rrlralurl or Venvu grass lvmarrla
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nranmrdeal. lus. oulslde lhe peuphery ndee, slnps ol
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lemongrass, rvrnlrey, and ammo. manna edulrsr lann
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a hkuyo. grass barrler, and belund lhal. a laller border
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01 eassava/banana/papaya/plgeon pea/Leurarna/
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leollm lurms a hedge or ndureak, All .hese
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borders grve mulch, lorage, Damn elleeas, or lood.1'he
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whole mandala .s leneed ur hasa spiny wayen hedge
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boundary Imam: eaelunon, .lneeessary
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The mandala has now been eavmrshapzd and
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mulehed lo preyenl waler mural! and lo cansexvl
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rnorrnue We now proceed lo planl, uslng bu<kels ol
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good so.l |o plare lhe lollow...g nones al planls
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A, On .he dark edge border a! .he venue] palh and
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keyholes, sloop-read. 0! .he palh, plank .hose
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lrequenllyeplurked or everyday greens el lug]! yalue,
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Here. .he plaeemenl and seleenan alleuon rs .hal all
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lhe plum. av mos: a/n. .s pKlmi [m mum allke year These
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are (he PATHSIDE GREENS; lhey .nelude all .he chwe
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and shallm speeles, plen.y el parsley. eonander, rhyme
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and sage, celery, broee ' edrble ehrysanlhemurn,
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rhard, and any such long-bearing or perennial greens
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le 5. yanous perennral sprnaehesl. nus .s .herelore a
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narrow border or the rnner slde ol lhe keyhole beds,
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planred in lhe edge sorls lherr.
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a aehnrd or ou.s.de .he parhsrde plans, we plan. a I
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rn {3 loan wrde snip ol speeles whrrh are frequently
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pulled over a skar. la lung sensn... eg. lomaloes.
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eggplanrs, bell peppers and ehrlres, bush or staked
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beam and peas, kale, mm, okra, and so on. These are
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lhe NARROW BED planas, all wrlhin reaeh ol a pan. or
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keyhole As yer, we do no. need lo slep on any beds .o
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harvzsl,
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c. lus. eu. al reaeh, on lhe ouler borders ul lne
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keyhole beds, w: plaee rnosl longererm roo. (mp
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lpolaloes, swee. polarues, (drinks) or inv crop we on
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AND REMOVE ltdullfiowu, head lellure, and
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eaauagel mus, [m urls aup we slep lansel on lhe bed
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.a harvea. and replanl, lollowrng rool erop wnh lava
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beans or dahl ldned beans or lennlsl
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All beds are replanled as .hey are harvesled, and a
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.up rnulen al slraw, sawdusl, bark, dry manure, or
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ehrps u added annually llamas, gurneaeplg ehrekens.
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or small llveswck are led hum weeds, wasle vegttiblfi,
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household scraps, and lurage greens lrorn lhe border
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hedge leomlrey, e save, Leueaena or lemonsnss)
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Veuyer grass, lemongrass ese, are cm aes hrnes
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aunually lor mulrh, The mas al Veayer gnsi paeyenl
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rodenl burruwrng rrom uulslde ule sysum, as do .he
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rob. rnassas ul Euphorfil'a spenes
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All uses, shrubs, and .ubers are planled belore
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papenng and ruulr g, .hen abou. an em (I loan or
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"addenrdnwn and we..ed mulrh is added, rray
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seedlrngs S—IO cm (34 rnehesl hlgh, and large seeds
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such as peas or beans, are eaeh planled in a hole
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burrowed .n lhu mulch, win. a good double handful ol
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sorl .o um hole Small seeds llelmee, ear-rob are sear
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.ered .hrekly on lenses mm 5.1 em (1.5 .eell aeross and
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54 cm as lnehesl and, placed and armed on lap ol
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lhe .rodden rnuleh, lollowed by dusung ol a 1 cm ll/z
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inchl lhaek layer ol llne sorl. A“ seed ran be pre
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soaked The whole bed needs a gmd soak wrlh a
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spnukler al eaeh slage
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ll no weed seeds are .ncluded .n .he muleh, llre beds
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are weedahve || lakes H5 manlns lo burld up wenns
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and a gund sarl Any surplus eomposluoles can be
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pushed under .he lap mukh layer
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A larger sysrem, desrgned tor a eommunny kurhen al
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a rural eenlre .n Karnaraka slale undra). uses a eore
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awmblv 0145 banana sireles, and has b.lz keyhole
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beds ln lhls case, a keyhole aceesaes lhe banana onles
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lrlgaae maul
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Any one o. lnese banana erreles (an eunlarn a srnall
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FIEUIE la.“
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nmlL Wat lend belch.
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Rwl ml lank nv-flluw plus umymr uh llnpahe a welded mm
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para-n mweruurlespaaus uanls aooealnrnannsaarles
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