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  • From: mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Re: permaculture Digest, Vol 2, Issue 36
  • Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 07:25:44 -0600

can anyone tell me if mashua will make it up here in the cold cold north (zone 4, -20 to -30F)? & can it be used as a perennial?

mIEKAL

a lot of our available woodchips & saw dust are at least half white oak, I still find chips that are years old, that really are still in their original unbroken down form. I think they are more likely to play host to an army of fungi then to break down & contribute to the humic/organic content of the soil. at least in my lifetime.


On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 01:56 AM, Rick Valley wrote:

From: BK <lildragon@saber.net

has essentialy made large brush piles and then planted tubers in there such as potatoes and mashua.

That makes total sense to me! Tropaeolum tuberosum (mashua) is a nasturtium; I've always had good luck growing nasturtium in compost towers.

Compost towers: make a cylinder of wire on a garden bed, fill it, and cap with finished compost. Plant in it. A good technique for limited space, adds material to the garden bed, adds "edge" drawback is you'd best use seed-free material because it won't heat much or get turned.

-Rick



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