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Herbarium: mixed culture aka companion planting
This document contains information about regrowing various foods from kitchen scraps and leftovers. It provides instructions for regrowing 33 different plants from parts like scraps, bulbs, roots and cuttings. The instructions are presented visually with illustrations and include short descriptions of the regrowth process for items like onions, ginger, celery and pineapple. Additional information is given on building healthy soil to help plants grow by limiting disturbance, using compost, mulch, crop rotation and cover crops.
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- 1. www.PermaTree.org, Herbarium Page4 Aubergine Beans Savory Cauliflower/Broccoli Chicory Dill Peas Strawberries Fennel Cucumbers Nasturtium Potatoes Garlic Cabbage Kohlrabi Lettuce Leek Corn Chard Carrots Paprika Parsnip Peppermint Radish Beetroot Salsify Celery Spinach Tomatoes Zucchini Onions Aubergine Beans Savory Cauliflower/Broccoli Chicory Dill Peas Strawberries Fennel Cucumbers Nasturtium Potatoes Garlic Cabbage Kohlrabi Lettuce Leek Corn Chard Carrots Paprika Parsnip Peppermint Radish Beetroot Salsify Celery Spinach Tomatoes Zucchini Onions Berenjena Frijoles Sabroso Coliflor/Brócoli Achicoria Eneldo Chícharos Fresas Hinojo Pepinos Capuchina Papas Ajo Repollo Colinabo Lechuga Puerro Maíz Acelga Zanahorias Paprika Chirivía Menta Rábano Remolacha Salsifí Apio Espinacas Tomates Calabacín Cebollas Berenjena Frijoles Sabroso Coliflor/Brócoli Achicoria Eneldo Fresas chícharos Hinojo Pepinos Capuchina Papas Ajo Repollo Colinabo Lechuga Puerro Maíz Acelga Zanahorias Paprika Chirivía Menta Rábano Remolacha Salsifí Apio Espinacas Tomates Calabacín Cebollas Mixed Culture Source: web; www.gartenzauber.com Eggplant: Cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, lettuce, spinach Beans: Savory, chicory, dill, strawberries, cucumbers, potatoes, cabbage, kohlrabi, lettuce, corn, pars- nips, radishes, beetroot, salsify, celery, spinach, zucchini Savory: Beans, lettuce, beetroot Cauliflower/Broccoli: Eggplant, peas, potatoes, celery Chicorree: Beans, fennel, lettuce, carrots, parsnips, Dill: Beans, strawberries, cucumbers, cabbage, lettuce, carrots, beetroot, onions Peas: Cauliflower, broccoli, dill, strawberries, cu- cumbers, cabbage, kohlrabi, lettuce, corn, Kart Otten, parsnips, radishes, spinach, zucchini Strawberries: Beans, garlic, lettuce, leeks, radishes, spinach, onions Fennel: Chicory, peas, cucumbers, lettuce Cucumbers: Beans, dill, peas, fennel, garlic, cabbage, lettuce, leeks, corn, peppers, Schwarzwurel, Celery, spinach, onions Nasturtium: Potatoes Potatoes: Beans, cauliflower, broccoli, nasturtium, kohlra- bi, corn, mint, spinach Garlic: Strawberries, cucumbers, carrots, beets, tomat- oes, garlic Kohl: Eggplant, beans, dill, peas, cucumbers, lettuce, leeks, chard, peppers, mint, radishes, beetroot, Celery, spinach, tomatoes Kohlrabi: Beans, dill, potatoes, lettuce, beetroot, celery, spinach, tomatoes Lettuce: Eggplant, beans, savory, chicory, dill, peas, stra- wberries, fennel, cucumbers, cabbage, kohlrabi, leeks, corn, carrots, mint, radishes, beetroot, salsify, spinach, tomatoes, onions Leek: Strawberries, cucumbers, cabbage, lettuce, carrots, parsnips, salsify, Celery, Corn: Beans, peas, cucumbers, potatoes, lettuce, tomatoes, zucchini Mangold: Cabbage, carrots, parsnips, radishes, Carrots: Chicory, dill, peas, garlic, lettuce, leeks, chard, peppers, mint, radishes, salsify, tomato, onion Paprika: Cucumbers, cabbage, carrot, tomato Parsnip: Beans, chicory, peas, leeks, chard, onions Peppermint: Potatoes, cabbage, lettuce, carrots, tomatoes Radish: Beans, peas, strawberries, cabbage, lettuce, chard, carrots, salsify, spinach Beetroot: Beans, savory, dill, garlic, cabbage, kohlrabi, lettuce, zucchini, onions Salsify: Beans, lettuce, leeks, carrots, radishes, Celery: Beans, cauliflower, broccoli, cucumbers, cabba- ge, kohlrabi, leeks, spinach Spinach: Eggplant, beans, peas, strawberries, cucumbers, potatoes, cabbage, kohlrabi, lettuce, corn, radishes, celery, onions Tomatoes: Garlic, cabbage, kohlrabi, lettuce, Kart Otten, peppers, onions Zucchini: Beans, peas, corn, beets, onions Onions: Dill, strawberries, cucumbers, garlic, lettuce, carrots, parsnips, beets, tomatoes, zucchini Positive Companion
- 2. www.PermaTree.org, Herbarium Page5 Pant root end and lightly cover it in soil. Keep soil moist. Carefully separate the new onions, leaving the roots attached, sed plant them. Occasionally cut the leaves down to processe full growth. It can take put to 5 month for plants to mature enough for harvest. Onion 1 2 3 Soak the chunk of ginger overnight. Submerge in moist soil. Keep watering until shoots appear. Ready to havest is a year. Simply remove entire plant, take what you need and repeat. Ginger 1 2 3 1 2 3 Submerge the roots, leaving the tops above the water line. Spray with water a couple times a week, replacing the water every few days. Loves will sprout in about a week. Plant the cutting with only the lives above soil. Harvest when fully grown, about 5 months. Celery, cabbage, romaine lettuce & boo choy 1 2 3 Place root ends in water but don’t fully submerge these. Change the water daily. In 3-5 days, growth begins. Hardest the green when full, then repeat the process. Harvest: Lemongrass once it becomes a foot tall. Simply cut off what you need without uprooting the plant. Green onions, lemongrass, leeks, fennel & spring onions Food That Magically Regrows Itself... Growing anything form a seed is impressive but also difficult, unless you‘re blessed with a green thumb. Sure, it saves on money but there has to be an easier way... and there is! You can actually grow food form kitchen scraps. There is something very MacGyver about that, no? It‘s true! You can up cycle everything from celery scraps to onion butts with a great chance of success. Use organic fruits and vegetables for the best results. Source: web; Infographic; Jeremy James Stone / Chris Rooney / Via cookingstoned.tv, www.fix.com Pineapple 1 2 3 Slice off the green leafy top and remove all fruit. Carefully remove the bottom laver until you see root breds. Place in water for two weeks to for roots. Growth happens in the first few month but it will be 2-3 years before harvest. Potatoes & Sweet Potatoes 1 2 3 Cut into 2 pieces, each having 1/2 “eyes” on it. Set pieces out at room temp for a few days, until fully dry. Add more soil as the plant grows until it is about 6” tall. Store sweet potatoes in a warm, dry place for 2 weeks before using. This is what makes them sweet. Mushroom 1 2 3 Use a mixture of com- post and soil. Plant the mushroom stalk in the soil with only the surface of it exposed. If the cutting takes, new growth happens quickly. Harvest and repeat. Garlic 1 2 3 The larger the clove, the larger the resulting bulb Sit the plant in a sunny window, keeping the soil moist. The bulbs will be ready for harvest in early summer when the bottom 1/2 of the lives have yellowed. Build Healthy Soil Soil supplies the nutrients, water, oxygen, and root support that plants need to thrive. Research shows that the healthier the soil, the better plants are able to withstand pest attacks. Building healthy, fertile, living soil is the most important way to prevent pest problems. Build healthy soil with these five practices: • Limit Soil Disturbance A growing body of research suggests that routinely turning the soil has various drawbacks. It leaves the soil surface bare, encourages runoff, causes soil compaction and erosion, and harms soil microbes and earthworms. Keeping disturbance to a minimum preserves the living systems in soil. Instead, layer amendments on top, and let the earthworms aerate the soil. • Compost Start a compost bin, and add one to two inches of well-decom- posed compost to the garden each spring to supplement nutriti- on in the soil and encourage a desirable soil structure. • Mulch Add two to four inches of grass clippings or mowed leaves to the garden when plants are about four inches high to reduce water evaporation, suppress weeds, moderate soil temperature, prevent soil compaction, and add slowly-decomposing organic matter to the soil. • Rotate crops Crop yields decrease when plants are repeatedly sown in the same beds. That’s partly because soil-dwelling pest populations, such as grubs, wireworms, and maggots, increase. Plan to rotate plant families to new beds each season to keep pests on the run. • Plant cover crops At the end of the growing season, plant a cover crop, such as ryegrass, peas, or clover, to enhance the soil’s fertility, lessen erosion over winter months, suppress weeds, and improve the soil structure. In spring, cover the crop with mulch or allow chickens to graze.