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Growing food |
Companion plants and other nutrient givers |
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See a companion planting chart. |
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Growing food |
Companion plants and other nutrient givers |
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Decide which companion plants and nutrient-givers (nitrogen fixers and dynamic accumulators) to include in the garden and where, then plant them together (e.g. carrots and onions; maize, beans & squash). |
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Growing food |
Companion plants and other nutrient givers |
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Play a matching game to learn which plants help each other best. |
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Growing food |
Companion plants and other nutrient givers |
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Coppice nutrient-givers (nitrogen-fixers and dynamic accumulators) and use as a mulch on the rest of the garden (e.g. comfrey). |
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Growing food |
Companion plants and other nutrient givers |
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Celebrate the harvests from growing plants in polycultures, and compare with those from a monoculture. |
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Growing food |
Companion plants and other nutrient givers |
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Hear a story about companion planting with plants giving nutrients to other plants. |
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Growing food |
Companion plants and other nutrient givers |
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Find out why some plants have nitrogen fixing nodules. |
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Growing food |
Companion plants and other nutrient givers |
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Discuss why some people grow diverse plants together (in polycultures). |
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Growing food |
Caring for soil |
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Collect materials for the compost heap/wormery and feed it. |
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Growing food |
Caring for soil |
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Help collecting home-made compost and placing it around plants to feed them. |
