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Practicing Resurrection: Using Green Manures on a Small Semi-Urban Homestead

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The quarter acre I steward in Northeastern Pennsylvania is, I hope, an incarnation of this contradiction. I rely on these crops, idealistically to bolster hope, and practically to provide most if not all the fertility my garden crops need to live fully and produce quality fruits. But the tomato plants were getting anxious.

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