Comments on: Who’s Who in Green: Michael Reynolds http://earthfirst.com/who%e2%80%99s-who-in-green-michael-reynolds/ A Sharp Eye -- With a Green Edge Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:43:40 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Sherrod http://earthfirst.com/who%e2%80%99s-who-in-green-michael-reynolds/comment-page-1/#comment-8215 David Sherrod Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:20:15 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/?p=4986#comment-8215 When Michael Reynolds builds his sustainable green home as a test site, he should consider clover as a ground cover. it's been proven that produce production is the same on non-tilled land and that sprinkler watering produces sallienation through evaporation, the logical solution is a ground cover. So what is the best ground cover?. I believe clover is the best because it grows to a height then stops growing, it is resilient in all kinds of weather. It is hospitable to every kind of other plant growth accept weeds which it simply shades out and one can be walk on it without permanent damage. Also Clover will hold the water at the surface and supply needed nitrogen to the soil. It is one thing to keep people alive thru feeding them out of gerry cans flown in from somewhere else, but it's much better to help them to build sustainable habitats where they can successfully do subsistence farming on a very small plot of land. David Sherrod When Michael Reynolds builds his sustainable green home as a test site, he should consider clover as a ground cover. it’s been proven that produce production is the same on non-tilled land and that sprinkler watering produces sallienation through evaporation, the logical solution is a ground cover. So what is the best ground cover?.

I believe clover is the best because it grows to a height then stops growing, it is resilient in all kinds of weather. It is hospitable to every kind of other plant growth accept weeds which it simply shades out and one can be walk on it without permanent damage. Also Clover will hold the water at the surface and supply needed nitrogen to the soil.

It is one thing to keep people alive thru feeding them out of gerry cans flown in from somewhere else, but it’s much better to help them to build sustainable habitats where they can successfully do subsistence farming on a very small plot of land.

David Sherrod

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