permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>]

What weeds or cover crops are high in nitrogen, i.e. suitable for 
harvesting to make High N liquid fertilizer?

Are there any weeds, natives, annual or perennial or woody that stand 
out as far as nitrogen content is concerned?

Good to know so as to conserve patches of weeds that might otherwise get 
cut of eliminated; best to incorporate them as an element in a 
permaculture design or comprehensive plan for a property.

At my place I have an abundance of wild turnip greens/mustard, rye 
grass, curly dock. These predominate as I have systematically gotten rid 
of most of the Pennsylvania Smartweed, Bermuda, crabgrass, Johnson 
grass, redroot pigweed and some of the lambs quarters. Maybe the LQ is a 
candidate for a high N crop. Outside the garden areas I have a bumper 
crop of red, white andtall sweet clovers, ryegrass, fescue and many 
other desirable plants, all thanks to the abundant rain we have has 
since winter, especially near the beginning of Spring.

I have domestic bees also, wild ones, probably from hives I had years 
ago and swarmed or someone else's hives.

Thanks for any feedback.

...:LL