Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Liz <liz@allslash.org>]

At 01:06 PM 7/16/2008, you wrote:

> Perennials regrow from the same plant for some years. Here's some 
> more intro info on perennial grains.
>
> http://www.psrseed.com/perennialgrains.html
> http://www.landinstitute.org/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/02/15/44238839e988c
> http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1990/v1-143.html
> http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?seq_no_115=194759

Oh Lord, more places to buy seed from! Thank you. I'm off to read 
some more, but at first glance, it looks as though these are things 
that are already in use for hay. Perennial rye is used locally for 
erosion control, and I think that what one of the sites calls 
"wheatgrass" is what the local farmers call "orchard grass."

Here's something that looks interesting: 
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/CropFactSheets/triga.html

Liz in SW VA
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