The Wonderful Multi-Purpose Comfrey Plant
2010年10月1日 · Comfrey (Symphytum spp.) has been cultivated and valued by many cultures for almost 2500 years. A native to Europe and Asia, the comfrey plant with which most are familiar, Symphytum officinale, has been used as a blood coagulant, a treatment for maladies of the lung, and as a poultice to aid in the healing of wounds and broken bones.
All About Comfrey - The Permaculture Research Institute
2019年7月26日 · Comfrey is a hairy, slightly prickly fellow, quite lovely to look at but not a plant to really snuggle up to. It has deep roots, dark green leaves, and the entire plant is covered in short, rough hairs. Flower colour varies between species, though the hybrid recommended above is a sterile, and does not set seed.
Does Comfrey Really Improve Soil?
Ben Stallings March 18, 2014. 74 3 minutes read. All of us who have studied permaculture have heard some impressive claims about comfrey. It is a dynamic nutrient accumulator; it improves the soil; it is “a slow motion fountain” of nutrients, bringing them up from the subsoil to improve the topsoil. We’ve heard lots of anecdotal evidence ...
Companion Planting Information and Chart - The Permaculture …
2011年12月2日 · Potatoes mulched with straw*. *generally melons do not like potatoes. Fruit trees (P) Chives, garlic, carrots, bulbs, borage, strawberries, nasturtiums, comfrey, plantain, columbine, daylilies. Bare soil. Above is a basic chart of companion plants; I’m sure there is …
The Facts about Dynamic Accumulators
2015年4月10日 · Within the world of Permaculture we often find reference to plants known as Dynamic Accumulators. In brief, this is the idea that certain plants (often deep-rooted ones) will draw up nutrients from the lower layers of the soil, and these nutrients will be stored in the plants’ leaves. When the leaves fall in autumn and winter and are broken ...
All About Borage - The Permaculture Research Institute
2011年1月21日 · Borage is a wonderful plant to have around the garden. Borage (Borago officinalis), also known as starflower, bee bush, bee bread, and bugloss, is a medicinal herb with edible leaves and flowers. In my garden, borage and sunflowers share the honor of being bee hot-spots. It’s not only a favorite plant of the honey bees, but also bumble bees ...
8 Abundant “Fodder Forest” plants, and how to use them
2018年6月14日 · The stems and leaves of arrowroot make great mulch, and it’s a plant that can go up quickly (assuming adequate moisture and warmth) to make a low windbreak or shelter belt for smaller, more delicate plants. Arrowroot and pigeon pea windbreak . 3. Comfrey All permaculture farmers, I think, know and love comfrey.
New findings further the study of dynamic accumulators
2022年1月10日 · This resulted in a total of 340 plant species that have been shown to achieve nutrient concentrations high enough to qualify as dynamic accumulators. You can view the full list of dynamic accumulators, along with all available peer-reviewed nutrient concentration data, in an easy-to-navigate online tool titled “ Dynamic accumulator database ...
The roots should be open, and point downwards. When the soil has been returned around the roots and filled in, tread on the soil to press it down. Around the pit make a shallow trench to collect water. Lastly, put down rotted com-post covered with mulch. If you don't have enough biomass, use rocks to cover the soil. 5.
8 Abundant “Fodder Forest” plants, and how to use them
2019年6月4日 · It’s an area roughly an eighth of an acre, planted in rows, with paths between the rows. Here’s a list of the plants we’ve found most useful in our fodder forest so far, along with how they’re used: 1. Pigeon pea. Goats, horses and cattle eat the leaves, the small twigs are dropped for mulch, and the older wood is good on the fire.