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-seed balling:
+Seed balling, the **goals**:
 - eatable
 - for the people
-- tiny alternative for super markets
+- tiny alternative to super markets
-recipe:
-parts dry red clay
+**recipe:**__Underlined Text__
+parts dry red clay (for this we dried out some wet clay, once dry we crushed the dried clay into a fine powder)
 parts dry organic compost
 part seeds
 -2 part water
+Once all mixed together, roll into balls and let them dry. Once dried throw anywhere and everywhere.
+There should be some access to water (whether that is rain or from another source doesn't matter) and sunlight as well as shade.
+**Seeds we wanted to use:**
+- stok roos
+- pumpkin
+- mustard
+- kol zaad
+- rucola
+- hop
+- wild strawberries
+- cucumber
+- jasmine
+- oost Indian kers
+- corn
+After some research we found it was important to look further into companion charts of seeds (compatible and incompatible seeds) as well as living conditions. This lead to further research also into types of soil in the Netherlands and more specifically in Den Haag.
+For example.
+Pumpkin (squash) helps corn and beans helped by buckwheat and radishes as it keeps spiders, ground beetles and flea beetles away. the radishes warn off flea beetles.
+Corn is very compatible with"
+beans, cucumber, dill, pea, potatoes, melons, pumpkins and sunflowers.
+Cucumbers work well with corn, spinach, lettuce, rosemarry, carrots, beet, radish, strawberrys, and cucumbers. repelling californian beetles. Its not compatible (avoid planting cucumbers with): tomatoes, chillipepers, onions, garlic, cabbage and broccoli.
+This mixture of seeds compatible with cucumbers host nitrogen- fixing bacteria, a good fertilizer for some plants, too much for others.
+{Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_companion_plants and www.gardensablaze.com/companions/companionyield.com}
+From these sites we came up with three **groups of seeds that are compatible**:
+**Group 1**
+- tomatoes
+- carrots
+- onions
+- cucumbers
+- spinach
+- dill
+- parsely
+- basil
+incompatible
+- cabbage
+- patatoes
+- cauliflower
+-squash (possibly)
+**Group 2**
+- radish
+- cucumbers
+- corn
+- mint
+incompatible
+- potatoes
+- tomatoes (possible)
+**Group 3**
+- pumpkin
+- corn
+- marigolds
+- beans
+- sunflowers
+incompatible
+- potatoes
+- rasberries
+**Living conditions:**
+Tomatoes:
+- primariy warm weather
+- do not tolerate frost at all
+Broccoli:
+- no extreme hot or extremely cold climates
+- requires cool winter to reach maturity
+- perfers well drained soil, in full sun
+Cabbage:
+- grows best in cool weather; will not tolerate frost, not extremely hot temperatures
+- works best in well- drained garden soils enriched with compost kept well watered
+Carrots:
+-best results in cooler areas
+- grow in partial shade, prefer full sun
+Cucumber:
+-best in warm climates, will grow in most climates (colder= shorter harvest period)
+Potatoes:
+- dont care for extreme hear or frost
+- sunny spot/ full sun
+Pumpkin:
+- warm weather crop, will not tolerate frost or cold (yield will be smaller)
+Radish:
+- any climate;needs atleast 6 hrs of sun a day
+- shady, moist location
+Spinach:
+- successful most climates
+- sunny, partially sunny location
+{source: http://www.howtogardenadvice.com/vegetables/grow_spinach.html}
+**Permaculture guild**
-compatible and incompatible
-permaculture guild