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  • From: mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com>
  • 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 11:07:58 -0500

I'm assuming your figs can go in the ground in your location. I'll
have to send you some cuttings in the fall, there are much better
tasting varieties than Celeste, even the Improved Celestes I find
better.

~mIEKAL



On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Lawrence F. London, Jr.
<venaurafarm@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 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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