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Re: [Livingontheland] improving soil moisture-retention
- From: "Wayne" <wa2yne@gmail.com>
- To: "'Healthy soil and sustainable growing'" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] improving soil moisture-retention
- Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:20:05 -0600
Hmm, then I will locate the seed I saved and
see if I can get some to sprout. Not really sure how long it remains viable. I have a lot of old seed, both saved and purchased,
that I‘d like to get growing here. www.blackies-place.com From:
livingontheland-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:livingontheland-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Gloria Baikauskas Queen Anne's Lace is Daucus
carota. It is member of the parsnip family....but most
folks just call it wild carrot. It has roots that are white and not
usually as thick as most carrots are today, but it is what carrots developed
from in the wild....or with man's help. The roots are edible. It is
pretty when it is growing with white flower heads on tall stalks of lacy leaves.
It is a biennial. In colder climates it is usually treated
as an annual. It will take over. It seeds itself prolifically. The shade
beneath it is dense. When I was cutting it back I laid beneath it on a
really hot Basically what I have done is use wild plants to stop all else from
growing in that spot. When the Queen Anne's Lace was growing the Johnson
grass could not grow because it had no light. It is able to grow even in the |
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[Livingontheland] improving soil moisture-retention,
Bobby G, 02/10/2007
- [Livingontheland] improving soil moisture-retention in sand, Ken Hargesheimer, 02/10/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] improving soil moisture-retention,
Dieter Brand, 02/11/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] improving soil moisture-retention, TradingPostPaul, 02/11/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] improving soil moisture-retention,
Gloria Baikauskas, 02/11/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] improving soil moisture-retention,
Dieter Brand, 02/12/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] improving soil moisture-retention,
Gloria Baikauskas, 02/13/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] improving soil moisture-retention, Wayne, 02/15/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] improving soil moisture-retention,
Gloria Baikauskas, 02/13/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] improving soil moisture-retention,
Dieter Brand, 02/12/2007
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