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could someone please hook me up with a companion planting guide that has thousands of years of fat, successful peasants behind it and not some crystal-munching liberal horseshit about how their spirits align
example of good lore: plant carrots and parsley together because the parsley masks the smell of carrot greens and you can avoid carrot rust fly
plant garlic and roses together cos the powerful allium stink gets into the rose bush's greenery and pests won't eat it all.
plant garlic and roses together cos the powerful allium stink gets into the rose bush's greenery and pests won't eat it all.
examples of bullshit: hey guys, eating the tomatoes i grew myself always reminds me of when i was a kid and knew someone who's aunt grew up on a farm. lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. ut en
the primary purpose of companion plants is often pest control, like dill, nettles, and nasturtium are fragrant trap crops for other, more delicate plants.
they also mean you can crowd plants together into a small space cos they don't compete, like carrots and tomatoes.
they also mean you can crowd plants together into a small space cos they don't compete, like carrots and tomatoes.
i want to fill this with a complex of interdependent plants.
i want to keep it going into winter. i want to plant cover crops so i can just cut them down, leaving the root structures intact, add compost and hay mulch in the spring, and plant new seeds and plants directly into the existing soil complex. i want no-till, no-dig gardening.
a healthy soil complex with intact mycelium is natural carbon sequestration. it is already perfect for supporting life. i don't need or want to disrupt that to grow food.
roots aren't just drinking straws for water and nutrients. they work together with microorganisms in the soil, and act more like a digestive system. ripping all that out is wasteful and destructive!
nobody:
me: mycorrhizal netwORK!!!
me: mycorrhizal netwORK!!!
