Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Liz" <liz@allslash.org>]

> After clearing forested areas, the Iroquois formed mounds of earth about 
> three feet across with hand tools and then planted in those mounds. These 
> areas were kept weed free by pulling the weeds. When they came back the 
> next year, according to Mt. Pleasant, they reshaped those same mounds and 
> planted in them again.

Hmm, sounds like raised beds to me! My grandson helped me build three more 
of them today. My growing area is doubled over last year. I have room to 
double it one more time, and then I'm in trouble. Will have to start cutting 
trees again.

Liz