Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>]

Our tools are better now but yes, their raised beds all done by hand fed 
their people and can do it again. It's exactly how I grow but with board 
framing and well water. Of course they had a wetter climate and spring rains. 
We don't.

How are your beds done? I envy anyone who can get help ...!

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 5/11/2011 at 3:58 PM Liz wrote:

>> 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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