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alienbaconhybrid t1_isoizs4 wrote

watching the indigenous trees beginning to struggle here in the pacific NW of USA, I’ve been wondering what we should plant.

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Splenda OP t1_isok6gm wrote

The US NW has a dozen distinctly different climate zones, so which one? And how much water will you provide?

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jeepersjess t1_isp70po wrote

We’ve so depleted soils with traditional agriculture that we’ve basically left the soil sick. Pests, disease, and water retention are related to plant health and immunity, which is directly linked to soil quality. Nitrogen fixing plants are nature’s way of healing the soil. Climate change is the fever and these are the antibodies.

Support sustainable agriculture and start growing your own food

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hecandbella t1_isq3g7e wrote

I’ve had tremendous success with making compost in my yard. I use coffee grounds, orange peels and any weeds or yard waste. I’m slowly filling it in with native plants. I let clover grow where it will. I’m letting some “weeds” grow in patches like sweet grass and yarrow.

I’ve lived in two homes now with yards that were essentially dead. I suspect the prior owners abused the yards with chemical fertilizers, weed killers and pesticides. It takes a year or two to heal the soil but oh my god, is it with it. Soil is made of rotting things. I don’t know how we forgot this.

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alertthenorris t1_isox7ba wrote

Lupin is booming in iceland and it is a nitrogen-fixing plant. As the lupin dies though, it'll create better soil for native species.

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Splenda OP t1_isp2o7d wrote

The issue this article raises is adaptability to aridity, which comes from plants having to "breathe" less.

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