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- adjective (of crops) planted to improve the quality of the soil
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The other is a science fiction novel called Gems of Kolbe featuring soil-building pioneers on the terraformed world of Kolbe.
Warning: NaNoWriMo is coming! nissa_amas_katoj 2008
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The other is a science fiction novel called Gems of Kolbe featuring soil-building pioneers on the terraformed world of Kolbe.
Archive 2008-10-01 nissa_amas_katoj 2008
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I would like to see research on how to design the most energy-efficient and soil-building cropping systems in the Midwest involving (1) a traditional corn-soybean rotation, (2) C-S-small grains rotations, (3) C-S-Small grains-Alfalfa-Alfalfa rotations.
Paula Crossfield: A New Direction on Research at the USDA? The Experts Weigh In 2009
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· Intercropping with herbaceous soil-building legumes such as stylosanthes or macroptilium; or
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Tree seedlings begin to appear among the shrubs, profiting not only from their slight shade but also from their soil-building service.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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Tree seedlings begin to appear among the shrubs, profiting not only from their slight shade but also from their soil-building service.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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Tree seedlings begin to appear among the shrubs, profiting not only from their slight shade but also from their soil-building service.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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It believes that this trend may be reversed if the people of the Earth can be educated to the point where they will demand planning of population, reforestation, soil-building, deurbanization, and an end to the wasteful production of gadgets and proprietary foods for which there is no natural demand.
The Space Merchants Pohl, Frederik 1952
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As a matter of fact, as erosion of the soil progresses, as good, productive land becomes more scarce, and as farm labor becomes more and more difficult to employ, the attention of informed farm owners and operators has been turning more and more to soil-building, perennial, permanent and labor-saving crops.
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Obstacles like this must be kept in mind when considering using green manuring as a soil-building technique.
Organic Gardener's Composting Steve Solomon
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