Resources Tagged: Fertility Trenches

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  1. Hill Culture

    1993-01-01 See also :Gardening on Rooftops & Other Above-Ground Locations, by Martin Price (2018) 5 pp : ill. Part of The ECHO Garden Hint Series --a collection of publications is designed to share some of ECHO's innovative gardening techniques including shallow bed gardening, hill culture, using cola...
    Hugelkultur Fertility Trenches Shallow-bed Gardening

  2. Trench beds (deep trenching, fertility trenches)

    Trench beds are 1m wide and 2m long. They are dug to 1m deep then packed with dry grass/leaves, compost, manure and soil. Used in food-gardens. They make (create) highly fertile soils which can absorb and store water. Provide an immediately usable planting bed even on shallow or poor soils. Often...
    Fertility Trenches Deep Trenching Trench Beds

  3. Agroforestry Coffee Cultivation in Combination with Mulching, Trenches and Organic Composting in Uganda

    This technology describes a combination of good practices for soil and water conservation that were introduced to coffee farmers in the central cattle corridor of Uganda, with aim to enhance their resilience to dry spells, pests and diseases, as part of the Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA)...
    Fertility Trenches Mulching Composting Coffee Agroforestry Systems East Africa