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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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- | ====== Grounddisinfectors / | ||
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+ | ====== Nutrient Accumulators ====== | ||
+ | ***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/ | ||
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+ | Some plants secrete compounds that repel a few specific pests in the soil or above. Examples are | ||
***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 ====== | ||
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=== Perennial vegetables === | === Perennial vegetables === | ||
+ | A perennial food garden can contain a wide variety of crops, and you can have a very low maintanance. | ||
some of them `I still have to research... | some of them `I still have to research... | ||
***Asparagus**, | ***Asparagus**, | ||
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=== Roots and Tubers (knollen) === | === Roots and Tubers (knollen) === | ||
+ | By leaving a section of the root, or allowing the plant to grow large enough so send out smaller roots, some species can be perennialized. | ||
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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) | ||
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***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! | + | ***Artichokes** - Jerusalem and Chinese - Purperen Artisjok (van vergeten eten: can be an allophatic plant! |
***Carrots**: | ***Carrots**: | ||
***Hamwortel** (vergeten eten) | ***Hamwortel** (vergeten eten) | ||
***Haverwortel** (vergeten eten) | ***Haverwortel** (vergeten eten) | ||
- | ***Edible Burdock** - Grote Klit, Klis or Klitwortel – Arctium lappais | + | ***Edible Burdock** - Grote Klit, Klis or Klitwortel – Arctium lappais; can be perennialized |
***Spaanse Kastanjewortel** (vergeten eten) | ***Spaanse Kastanjewortel** (vergeten eten) | ||
***Knolkervel** (vergeten eten) | ***Knolkervel** (vergeten eten) | ||
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***Friese Knossen** (koolraap) (vergeten eten) | ***Friese Knossen** (koolraap) (vergeten eten) | ||
***Wortelpeterselie** (vergeten eten - DELICIOUS) | ***Wortelpeterselie** (vergeten eten - DELICIOUS) | ||
- | ***Chicory** - Chichorei - Chicorium intimus | + | ***Chicory** - Chichorei - Chicorium intimus; can be perennialized |
+ | ***Horseradish** | ||
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=== Bulbs & Onion family === | === 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. |
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+ | Leeks for instance | ||
***Welsh Onion** -Stengellui of waalse ui - Allium fistulosum ........Flora | ***Welsh Onion** -Stengellui of waalse ui - Allium fistulosum ........Flora | ||
***Wild Garlic** - Kraailook - Allium vineale (Flora) | ***Wild Garlic** - Kraailook - Allium vineale (Flora) | ||
***Egyptian Onion** - Boomuien (Egyptische ajuin)- Allium cepa ' | ***Egyptian Onion** - Boomuien (Egyptische ajuin)- Allium cepa ' | ||
***Daslook ‘Ramsons’** | ***Daslook ‘Ramsons’** | ||
- | ***Garlic** | + | ***Garlic**; By leaving a section of the root, or allowing the plant to grow large enough so send out smaller roots, they can be perennialized |
+ | ***Shalots**; | ||