Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Laura McKenzie" <laurabrownmckenzie@worldnet.att.net>]

Paul,  I wonder if the book gives more details as to the methods Mr 
Brascoupe uses. I'd be very interested in learning more about exactly what 
he does.

Thanks for the article.

Laura
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Paul offered:
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> Oh, the gardens she tours! They are as multifarious as the people who
> cultivate and cherish them. The first garden is that of Clayton Brascoupe,
> a Native American living in Tesuque Pueblo, N.M. He aims with considerable
> success to restore traditional Three Sisters practices -- gardens
> interplanted with corn, squash and beans -- to this arid land. Why aim for
> restoration? Haven't the three sisters been the prime crops since time
> immemorial? As she does on every garden visit, Klindienst looks here into
> the history of this region -- the coming of the Spaniards, their
> introduction of foreign livestock and crops, and the native population's
> loss of much, from language to religion. Brascoupe, understanding that the
> land is sacred, teaches several methods by which it can maintain its
> integrity: biointensive gardening, which restores soil, and permaculture,
> "a design system for creating sustainable human environments."
>
> rest of article at
> http://www.newsobserver.com/1127/story/465798.html