Plant with Help
April 22nd, 2009 by abbott2 in Anything goes, Garden Problems, Gardening Tips and Tricks, Plangarden News
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Approximate area needed to grow ONE person’s diet using conventional mechnized chemical or Organic techniques
March 22nd, 2009 by abbott2 in Anything goes, Compost, Garden Problems, Gardening Tips and Tricksstats for Average US Diet needs 15,000-30,000 sq ft
assuming average amounts of Vegetables,fruits,grains,beans,eggs,milk,cheese And meat are eaten.
using Biointensive Method including crops that produce a high level of caloriesper unit of area needs 4,000 Sq Ft. source ,John Jeavons how to grow more vegetables, and fruits,nuts,berries,grains and other crops. plus soil fertility sustained.
” Jeavons approach hasdone more to solve poverty and misery than anything elsewe’ve done” Bob Bergland U.S. Secerary of Agiculture.
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Biointensive Interrelated Farming System
March 22nd, 2009 by abbott2 in Anything goes, Compost, Garden Problems, Gardening Tips and TricksBackground
The” Grow Biointensive ” term was tradmarked in 1999 by “Ecology Action”
The Grow Biointensive method is a whole ,interrelated farming system, and its components must be used together for the optium effect. If you do not use all of ifs elements together,the method’s high yields can rapidly deplete the soil.
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