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["Lisa Rollens" <rollens@fidnet.com>]

Hi Antonio and everybody,

I am one of the lurkers on the list...and am very happy to have access to so
much useful information...esp since I just moved to my "dream" farm.  It's
154 acres, with all kinds of neat landforms.  As soon as it gets warm I
intend to start putting many permaculture principles in action.  Have spent
the last 3 months planning.

Antonio...one of my tricks when I want to expand a garden spot is to plant
sweet potatoes on the very edge, right next to the grass, and with a minimum
of tilling.  the spuds do a good job of breaking up hard ground, and I make
all the vines go out onto the soil where they shade out grass and weeds.  by
the time the season is over, and the potatoes are dug, I usually have a
whole bed's width to till and use for the next season.  Then the sweet
potatoes can go on the far edge again, and do it all over.  don't know if
this is what you were meaning, but it does work.  Lisa


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Antonio Scotti" <antonio.scotti@tiscali.es>
To: <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 5:12 PM
Subject: [permaculture] Sweet potato


Hi,
I'd like to use sweet potatos as a soil conditioner, in my garden.
Has anybody had any experience about using them to share?
Cheers

Antonio Scotti
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