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When one looks at the plentiful amount of seed that one plant can offer, and the amount of food it can provide, it is truly nature’s bountiful gift.

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NOVEMBER 2011

Green  Manure:
The varieties listed below have many uses in providing mulch, nitrogen fixation to the soil, organic matter, which can be slashed or turned in, and also providing a broad range of nutrients. These varieties have many other uses and are stated as such. Legumes can be sown on their own or with existing vegetation, or grown with grass and grain species as listed below.  We recommend with low fertility soils that some type of nutrients be added initially in an organic form to help the green manure along. Grasses and grains can be grown on their own if fertility is good, thus providing bulk organic matter when slashed.
 

GREEN MANURE SEED MIX Organic
A mix of seeds for specific seasons. This mix provides variety in your green manure. Specify season; Autumn/Winter - Oats, Vetch, Barley mix. Spring/Summer - Mungbean & Soybean & Millet. 500g will cover 30m2.
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Legumes:

CHICKPEA (Cicer arietinum)  BFA
Annual legume to 60cm, excellent green manure. Seeds used whole, mashed, roasted, soups, thick paste, sprouts or flour. Sow Autumn-Winter. 1kg will cover 60m2.
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COWPEA - Edible Giant (Vigna unguiculata)   Organic  NOT TO WA
Annual legume spreading to 1.5 metres, mauve flowers. Green pods eaten when young, plants can yield up to 1kg of black seeds. Used cooked as for pulses, soil improver. Sow Spring-Summer.
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LENTILS - Green (Lens culinaris)   BFA
Ancient food plant, compact, low growing annual. Producing small pods and edible seeds with 25% protein. Can be cooked or sprouted. Sow Spring-Summer.
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LENTILS - Red (Lens culinaris)   BFA  
Compact, low growing annual with small pods and edible seeds. Cooked or sprouted. Sow Spring - Summer.
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LUCERNE - Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) BFA  NOT TO WA
Deep rooted perennial legume to 1metre. Green manure, great for mulch, forage crop. Seed used for sprouts. Sow anytime in most conditions. 500gm covers 300m2
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MUNG BEAN (Vigna radiata)  BFA  NOT TO WA
Annual legume to 60cm. Sow Spring-Summer. Green plant used as green manure, seeds for sprouting, flour. Leaves and pods can be eaten fresh. 1kg will cover 60m2.
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SOYBEAN (Glycine max) BFA  NOT TO WA
Annual legume to 90cm. Sow Spring - Summer. Excellent green manure. Beans used to make soya milk, sauce, oil, flour. High yielding plant. Good source of nitrogen. 1kg covers 60m2.
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VETCH (Vicia villosa) Organic
Excellent legume to 1 metre high with mauve flowers. Great green manure and soil improver. Sow Autumn - Winter. 1kg covers 160m2.
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Grains & Grasses

BARLEY (Hordeum vulgare) BFA
Annual grain to 1 metre. Good green manure, very hardy. Sow Autumn-Winter. Sprout or cook the grain. Can be ground into flour. 1kg will cover 70m2.
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BUCKWHEAT - Unhulled (Fagapyrum esculentum)   BFA  
Hardy annual to 1m. Green manure, bee attractant, useful grain - highly nutritious. Plant in cool conditions, fast growing. 1kg covers 70m2. Frost tender. Sow Autumn-Spring.
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LINSEED - Flax (Linum usitatissimum) BFA
Annual to 90cm, upright habit, flowers blue-white. Ground seeds used in cereals, breads, fibre from stems, oil from seed. Excellent added to the diet. 500gm covers 200m2. Sow Autumn-Winter.
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MILLET - French White (Panicum miliaceum) BFA
Annual to 1metre. Fast growing, good soil conditioner. Low water requirement, nutritious grain. Sow Spring-Summer. 500gm covers 200m2
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OATS (Avena sativa) Organic
Annual to 1 metre, excellent green manure forage crop. Nutritious, edible grain and can also be used for stock feed. Sow Autumn-Winter. 1kg will cover 70m2.
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QUINOA (Chenopodium quinoa) BFA
High proten grain, 15%. Staple grain of the Inca’s. Hardy annual to 2 metres. Greyish green leaves. Grain used as cereal and flour. Seeds washed & soaked to remove bitter saponins. 500gm covers 400m2. Sow Spring-Summer.
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RYE CORN (Secale cereale) BFA
Very hardy annual to 1 metre. Cover crop and bulk green manure. Nutritious grain can be ground into flour. Sow Autumn-Winter. 1kg will cover 70m2.
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SPELT WHEAT (Triticum spelta) BFA
Hard wheat. Soft textured grain, ground into flour, stock feed for chooks. Sow Autumn-Winter. 1kg will cover 70m2.
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WHEAT (Triticum aestivum)     BFA
Annual grain to 1m, useful forage crop, green manure, mulch provider, grain for stock feed, grain sprouted. Grown for wheat grass juice, ground for flour and also cooked. Sow Autumn-Winter. 1kg will cover 70m2.
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