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---2114655128-2039108100-1352055747=:32586 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 ---2114655128-2039108100-1352055747=:32586 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <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 </div><div>top soil and the trees would uti= lize the fertilizers that got leached down. </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> ---2114655128-2039108100-1352055747=:32586--
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