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["Forest Garden" <forestgarden@gvtc.com>]

Hi David,

I too am looking at how to make a guild for olives.  I've heard Dr. Elaine
Ingram (the soil food web guru) mention that lavendar is a great companion
plant for olives.  Something about the root zones being very compatable, or
maybe it was the microbes..

At a local olive orchard we observed that the olive trees planted nearest to
a big live oak were much healthier and bigger than the others further away.

I am planning on planting a group of dwarf olive trees around the perimeter
of a honey locust, with some lavendar  tucked in here and there.  I am
looking for a good herbal cover crop - clover or vetch maybe?

Marjory


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Travis" <blissett@optonline.net>
To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 4:22 PM
Subject: [permaculture] olive guilds? olives in a food forest?


>
> Hi all,
>
>     Does anyone know of permaculture resources relating to olive
> culture, or permaculture sites that have integrated olive cultivation in
> permaculture designs? Is there such a thing as an olive guild? Google
> has failed me.
>
> thanks!
>
> David Travis
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