[Market-farming] Permanent beds - Paths
Michael Peck
silverandsienna at gmail.com
Tue Jan 5 12:53:06 EST 2010
Johnny's Seed Catalog says that New Zealand White Clover can be sown into
long-season row crops during the season to provide a "living mulch". I'm
considering white clover for paths, but not in the crops. If the clover was
sown in with the row crop, wouldn't they compete?
Michael
Marshall, Michigan
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 9:54 PM, breck <bcarden at breckinridgegroup.com> wrote:
> Mac, I use Dutch clover only and much smaller paths.
>
>
> Farmer Breck
> Breck Carden
> Carden's Garden
> 2400 E Hwy 22
> Crestwood, KY 40014-7704
> breck at breckcarden.com
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>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Mac
> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 6:54 PM
> To: market-farming
> Subject: [Market-farming] Permanent beds - Paths
>
> I read an interesting discussion on permanent beds in the archives. There
> was not a lot of discussion on the drive paths. Any suggestions?
>
> We are setting up 3 foot beds and I would like to plant the drive paths. I
> am leaning toward dutch clover and annual rye. Your input would be greatly
> appreciated. We will be using a Ford 5000 tractor which has a width of
> about 7 feet so we're probably going to go with 3' beds and 3' paths. This
> worked last year when we tried it with tomatoes and double row/bed beans.
> Mac
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