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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Farming as a permaculture system. Re: [SANET-MG] yield of conventional vs organic farms
  • Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 10:23:41 -0400

On 6/10/2012 9:59 AM, mIEKAL aND wrote:
you have yellow clover that's 7' tall? does it become woody at that size?

Yes and more sparsely branched, about 1/2 to 9/16" caliper stem. This is white flowering. There is significant growth habit between the yellow and the white. The yellow may be considered the preferred variety but I like having both.

I'll have to take a pic of my Meyer lemon so you can see all the fruit buds, just like last year about 100 lemons this time. Pruning is everything for that plant, to get it to flower on strong branches.

I just bought two heavy, potted Celeste figs from Whole Foods for $20 each, a bargain; and they are fruiting.

On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 10:10 PM, Lawrence F. London, Jr.
<venaurafarm@bellsouth.net> wrote:
On 6/8/2012 5:33 PM, Jason Gerhardt wrote:
Buckwheat cover crop is a notorious phosphate scavenger. If your climate
permits, bring this into your rotation.

I would guess tall sweet clover too. I have both white flowering and
yellow growing on my property, I have encouraged it since I discovered
it growing in 1978 when I bought my land. It is rare to find it growing
wild these days. Some of my plants are now 7' tall.




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