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  • From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Improving the water-retention properties of the soil
  • Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:06:48 -0700


I don't know what cover crops are available there but Mark's right, and you
don't want a perennial to come back when you don't want it there.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 1/29/2007 at 1:42 PM Mark Nagel wrote:

>"should I cut cover crops for use as mulch at the start of the dry
>season, or is it best to let it grow until it withers of its own?"
>
>It's my understanding that you don't want your cover crop going to seed.
>Best to knock it down just before it goes to seed.
>
>
>Mark Nagel
>Everett, WA






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