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We had outstanding success by planting a banana over a downed calf.  A dozen 
or so cats would probably work well too.  As Doreen mentioned, it is organic 
matter that counts.  I trim all yellow leaves and use them, plus expended 
"trunks", as mulch, over which I sprinkle spent chicken litter.  The bananas 
are mostly by the chicken coop and the chickens scratch litter out the door 
almost to the base of the plants.  I keep a circular fence around the bananas 
to minimize attackes on the pups (chickens eat almost any green leaf) and 
contain the mulch deeper than the chickens would otherwise allow.

Dan Hemenway
Barking Frogs Permaculture Center  
http://barkingfrogspc.tripod.com/frames.html
or
http://www.permaculture.net/~EPTA/Hemenway.htm
 
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