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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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***Spinach** - Spinazie (wilde): (flora) | ***Spinach** - Spinazie (wilde): (flora) | ||
***Comfrey** - Smeerwortel - Comfries (symphytum spp) | ***Comfrey** - Smeerwortel - Comfries (symphytum spp) | ||
+ | ***Lovage** - Lavas or Maggiplant - Levisticum officinale (also used as veg.) perennial (schermbloemigen familie) | ||
***Herb Patience** - Spinaziezuring - Rumex patientia | ***Herb Patience** - Spinaziezuring - Rumex patientia | ||
***Rhubarb** - Rabarber, (perennial) | ***Rhubarb** - Rabarber, (perennial) | ||
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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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Legumes (peulvruchten - bonen) binden stikstof uit de lucht en zijn daardoor ook zeer geschikt als groenbemesters en voor het produceren van plantaardige compost. | Legumes (peulvruchten - bonen) binden stikstof uit de lucht en zijn daardoor ook zeer geschikt als groenbemesters en voor het produceren van plantaardige compost. | ||
Its good to seed all year around legumes. Long beans attrack stinkbugs (wantsen. plant luizen), so also funstion as a sacrificial plants. | Its good to seed all year around legumes. Long beans attrack stinkbugs (wantsen. plant luizen), so also funstion as a sacrificial plants. | ||
- | ** | + | ***Wintertuinbonen** (vergeten eten) |
- | Wintertuinbonen, Aguadulce, Malse peulen Carouby de Maussane, | + | ***Aguadulce** - Malse peulen |
- | Wonderboontjes Merveille de Paris, Knoebelbuenke, Boerentenen, Europese | + | ***Wonderboontjes** Merveille de Paris (vergeten eten) |
- | Sojabonen, Peulen Corne de Belier, Paarse Spekbonen, Heilig Boontje, (all from vergeten eten) or | + | ***Knoebelbuenke** (vergeten eten) |
- | De tuinboon - (Vicia faba), sperzie boneen, snijbonen, bruine bonen, doperwten, groene erwten, Hokjespeul** -Astragalus glycyphyllos: | + | ***Boerentenen** (vergeten eten) |
- | ***Fava bean - Tuinboon – Vicia faba (annual) | + | *** Europese |
- | ***Pea - Pisum sativum – Erwt (annual) | + | ***Peulen Corne de Belier** (vergeten eten) |
- | ***Scarlet Running Beans - Phaseolus coccineus – Pronkboon (vlinderbloemige familie) can they handle our winters..(perennial) | + | ***Paarse Spekbonen** (vergeten eten) |
+ | ***Heilig Boontje**, (vergeten eten) | ||
+ | ***De tuinboon** - (Vicia faba) | ||
+ | ***sperzie boneen** | ||
+ | ***snijbonen** | ||
+ | ***bruine bonen** | ||
+ | ***doperwten** | ||
+ | ***groene erwten** | ||
+ | ***Fava bean** - Tuinboon – Vicia faba (annual) | ||
+ | ***Pea** - Pisum sativum – Erwt (annual) | ||
+ | ***Scarlet Running Beans** - Phaseolus coccineus – Pronkboon (vlinderbloemige familie) can they handle our winters..(perennial) | ||
+ | ***Groundplum Milkvetch** - Hokjes peul - Astragalus Crassicarpus or Astragalus glycyphyllos: | ||
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***Oil-seed Rape** - Bladkool - Brassica napus subsp. oleifera | ***Oil-seed Rape** - Bladkool - Brassica napus subsp. oleifera | ||
***Turnip** - Meiraap - Brassica rapa subsp. | ***Turnip** - Meiraap - Brassica rapa subsp. | ||
- | ***Winterbroccoli | + | ***Winterbroccoli** (vergeten eten) |
- | ***Brassica oleracea – broccoli – kruisbloemfamielei (perennial) | + | ***Nine star-broccoli** must be picked before it set seeds or it may die but its a perennial |
- | | + | ***White Sprouting** (vergeten eten) |
+ | ***Victoriaanse Kool** (vergeten eten) | ||
+ | ***Wittekool** (vergeten eten) | ||
+ | ***Brunswijker Platte Kortpoot** (vergeten eten) | ||
+ | ***Spruitjes ‘Groninger Stiekema’** (vergeten eten) | ||
+ | ***Sea Kale** - Zeekool | ||
+ | ***Palmkool** (vergeten eten) | ||
+ | ***Slobber- of Smeltkool (Bloemendaalse Gele)**; (vergeten eten) | ||
+ | ***Brassica oleracea** – broccoli – kruisbloemfamielei (perennial) | ||
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=== Salads === | === Salads === | ||
- | **Bataviasla, Aardbeispinazie (Flora), Italiaanse roodlof, Winterpostelein, | + | ***Bataviasla** |
- | ***Good-King-Henry – Brave hendrik - Chenopodium bonus-henricus (perennial) | + | ***Aardbeispinazie** (Flora) |
- | ***French Sorrel -Spaanse zuring-Rumex scutatus (perennial) | + | ***Italiaanse roodlof** |
+ | ***Barbarakruid** (Flora), | ||
+ | ***Bloedrood Bietjesblad** (vergeten eten) | ||
+ | ***Bruinrode Jaarrondsla** (vergeten eten) | ||
+ | ***Romaanse sla** | ||
+ | ***Veldsla** -Cornalad - Valerianella (Mill.){locusta} reseeds itself (Flora) | ||
+ | ***Buckler-Leaved Sorrel**, Rumex acetosa, -Rucola, | ||
+ | ***Rocket** - Turkish | ||
+ | ***Bonenkruid** - Winter Savory –- Satureja (L.) (flora) | ||
+ | ***Kardoen (distel)** – Cardoon - Cynara cardunculus (Flora) | ||
+ | ***Good-King-Henry** – Brave hendrik - Chenopodium bonus-henricus (perennial) | ||
+ | ***French Sorrel** -Spaanse zuring-Rumex scutatus | ||
+ | ***Common Sorrel** - Veldzuring - Rumex acetosa (flora) | ||
+ | ***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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Radish and Turnip (raap) are strong enough to copete succesfully with the weeds; leave a few unharvested to seed themselves year after year. | Radish and Turnip (raap) are strong enough to copete succesfully with the weeds; leave a few unharvested to seed themselves year after year. | ||
Radish is doing well in the shade when you sow them late) | Radish is doing well in the shade when you sow them late) | ||
- | ***Zeeuwse Zeempjes** (gele radijs) | + | ***Zeeuwse Zeempjes** (gele radijs) (van vergeten eten) |
***Winterharde Spaanse radijsjes** | ***Winterharde Spaanse radijsjes** | ||
***Paarse Franse winterradijsjes** | ***Paarse Franse winterradijsjes** | ||
- | ***Artichokes - Jerusalem and Chinese - Purperen Artisjok (van vergeten eten: can be an allophatic plant! in a guild perennial) | + | ***Artichokes** - Jerusalem and Chinese - Purperen Artisjok (van vergeten eten: can be an allophatic plant! in a guild perennial) |
***Carrots**: | ***Carrots**: | ||
***Hamwortel** (vergeten eten) | ***Hamwortel** (vergeten eten) | ||
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***Schorseneer** (Morgenster geel) | Tragopogon pratensis -tweejarig........(Flora) | ***Schorseneer** (Morgenster geel) | Tragopogon pratensis -tweejarig........(Flora) | ||
***Sweet potato** - Zoete aardappel, | ***Sweet potato** - Zoete aardappel, | ||
- | *Milaanse raapjes (witte roodkop) (vergeten eten | + | |
- | *Raapjes Teltower (vergeten eten) | + | |
- | *Witte raapjes (vergeten eten) | + | |
- | *Friese Knossen (koolraap) (vergeten eten) | + | |
+ | ***Wortelpeterselie** (vergeten eten - DELICIOUS) | ||
+ | ***Chicory** - Chichorei - Chicorium intimus | ||
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- | === Bulbs & Onion family | + | |
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+ | === Bulbs & Onion family === | ||
Bulbs and herbs can breakdown soil, they will come by themselves year after year. one can use for instance: | Bulbs and herbs can breakdown soil, they will come by themselves year after year. one can use for instance: | ||
***Welsh Onion** -Stengellui of waalse ui - Allium fistulosum ........Flora | ***Welsh Onion** -Stengellui of waalse ui - Allium fistulosum ........Flora | ||
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***Tansy** - Boerenwormkruid - Tanacetum vulgare: | ***Tansy** - Boerenwormkruid - Tanacetum vulgare: | ||
***Wild Strawberrie** - Bosaardbei - - Fragaria vesca - bodembedekker | ***Wild Strawberrie** - Bosaardbei - - Fragaria vesca - bodembedekker | ||
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***Lemonbalm** - Citroenmelisse – Melissa officinalis: | ***Lemonbalm** - Citroenmelisse – Melissa officinalis: | ||
- | ***Chicory** - Chichorei - Chicorium intimus (also used asa root veg.) | ||
***Yarrows** - Duizendblad – - Achillea millefolium: | ***Yarrows** - Duizendblad – - Achillea millefolium: | ||
***Scurvygrasses** - Echt lepelblad - Cochlearia officinalis: | ***Scurvygrasses** - Echt lepelblad - Cochlearia officinalis: | ||
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***Figwort** - Knopig Helmkruid - Scrophularia nodosa | ***Figwort** - Knopig Helmkruid - Scrophularia nodosa | ||
***Feverfew** - Moederkruid - Tanacetum parthenium | ***Feverfew** - Moederkruid - Tanacetum parthenium | ||
- | ***Musk Mallow & Malva Moschata** - Muskuskaasjeskruid (en groot kaasjeskruid) en Malva sylvestris: (also used as veg.) | ||
***Mosterd Zwarte** - Sinapis nigra | ***Mosterd Zwarte** - Sinapis nigra | ||
***Mosterd Inheems**e | ***Mosterd Inheems**e | ||
- | ***Lovage** - Lavas - Levisticum officinale (also used as veg.) perennial | ||
***Lavendel** – Lavenders - Lavendula angustifolia | ***Lavendel** – Lavenders - Lavendula angustifolia | ||
***Garlic Mustard** - Look-zonder-look - Alliaria petiolata | ***Garlic Mustard** - Look-zonder-look - Alliaria petiolata | ||
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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 | ||
- | ***Wortelpeterselie** (vergeten eten) | ||
***(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 |