Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

Looking at http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/seasonext.html this adds detail
to what I mentioned about double cropping to make small areas produce more.
It also helps give you more diversity in case some crops have problems. 

paul tradingpost@lobo.net
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Multiple Cropping

Planting more than one crop on the same bed or row in one year intensifies
the cropping schedule. Immediately after one crop is harvested, another is
planted. Dr. Charles Marr and Dr. William Lamont (1992) list the following
advantages of multiple cropping, and conclude "if you can't triple crop,
then you certainly can consider double cropping."

    * Cost savings. Money spent on plastic mulch, drip irrigation lines,
and other equipment covers three crops instead of one.
    * Higher gross per acre. In his triple cropping field trials, Lamont
realized gross returns of $13,000 to 15,000 per acre.
    * Improved cash flow. Multiple harvests throughout the season can
provide income at critical times and distribute returns more evenly over a
longer period.
    * Risk management. Multiple cropping provides a hedge against the loss
of a crop to freezes, hailstorms, and other crises.
    * Increased productivity. Small areas of land are thus made more
productive, a great boon in areas where cropland is scarce or costly.