[NatureNS] Agro Forestry

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Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 11:02:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com>
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Hi All=0AToday a bum foot has sort of got me house bound=0Anot a usual thin=
g for me. I'll bore you with another post.=0AI was watching TV - this time =
La Semine Verte on CBC-French.=0AMy French is not great but I can watch Fre=
nch TV ok. I don't=0Ahave to think up answers - LOL=0AAnyway the program wa=
s on growing trees in the same fields as=0Acrops - cereals mostly but also =
vegetables. They planted the trees in rows=0Anorth and south to eliminate t=
he shade on the crops and the cereal crops=0Ain between the rows. The rows =
were perhaps 12 - 15 meters apart. The=0Atheory was the cereal crops would =
get their fertilizer and water in the=A0=0Atop soil and the trees would uti=
lize the fertilizers that got leached down.=A0=0AThe farmers claimed little=
 reduction in the crops and because of the recycling=0Aof the fertilizers t=
hrough the leaves a small saving there.=0AThe trees were all decidious that=
 they showed and some would be harvested for street trees,=0Aothers produce=
d nuts and some were for maple syrup, even some for special lumber like=0Ab=
aseball bats.=0AIt might work in areas where potatoes were grown to reduce =
the amount of nutrients=0Agetting into the ground water.=0AA good program=
=0AEnjoy the fall=0APaul
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<html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti=
mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Hi All</div><div=
>Today a bum foot has sort of got me house bound</div><div>not a usual thin=
g for me. I'll bore you with another post.</div><div>I was watching TV - th=
is time La Semine Verte on CBC-French.</div><div>My French is not great but=
 I can watch French TV ok. I don't</div><div>have to think up answers - LOL=
</div><div>Anyway the program was on growing trees in the same fields as</d=
iv><div>crops - cereals mostly but also vegetables. They planted the trees =
in rows</div><div>north and south to eliminate the shade on the crops and t=
he cereal crops</div><div>in between the rows. The rows were perhaps 12 - 1=
5 meters apart. The</div><div>theory was the cereal crops would get their f=
ertilizer and water in the&nbsp;</div><div>top soil and the trees would uti=
lize the fertilizers that got leached down.&nbsp;</div><div>The
 farmers claimed little reduction in the crops and because of the recycling=
</div><div>of the fertilizers through the leaves a small saving there.</div=
><div>The trees were all decidious that they showed and some would be harve=
sted for street trees,</div><div>others produced nuts and some were for map=
le syrup, even some for special lumber like</div><div>baseball bats.</div><=
div>It might work in areas where potatoes were grown to reduce the amount o=
f nutrients</div><div>getting into the ground water.</div><div>A good progr=
am</div><div>Enjoy the fall</div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div><div><br></d=
iv></div></body></html>
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