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1. Daryl Scroggins on July 31st, 2011 at 7:06 am

   Thank you, Sheila. These fish, like the leaves, will soon be swimming into the green health of new plants.

2. Carole Corlew on July 31st, 2011 at 8:30 am

   I planted a couple of catfish in one garden spot this spring. And now that little plot is one mother of a produce machine.

3. Rick Neece on July 31st, 2011 at 11:44 am

   Interesting, I was just watching a NatGeo program yesterday, the indians taught the pilgrims to plant fish in the sandy soil to grow maize.

4. Carole Corlew on July 31st, 2011 at 2:50 pm

   Rick, yes, this is a Native American method. You can put a fish in a small depression of soil. Mound the soil up high around it, 10 inches maybe. Plant three seeds of corn in the middle. Not sweet corn, another kind with deeper roots. Then plant squash and pole beans around the corn after the corn has grown a few inches. Put straw on the ground for the squash to grow. Just leave one strong stalk of corn. The bean runners will use the corn as a support. The squash will keep varmints from bothering the corn (it is prickly). The fish fertilizes the soil. The corn takes out nitrogen but the squash puts it back in. You use minimal space with this method for what you are getting back.

5. Rick Neece on July 31st, 2011 at 9:03 pm

   Thank you, Cece. I need to get closer to the land.

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