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  • From: "Liz" <liz@allslash.org>
  • To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Sustainable, no-till, ag practices worked very well for Iroquois 500 years ago
  • Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 15:58:02 -0400

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




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