diff --git a/botany/four_course_rotation.wiki b/botany/four_course_rotation.wiki new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3f98a11 --- /dev/null +++ b/botany/four_course_rotation.wiki @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ += Four course rotation = + +The four course rotation is the ecologically sound system of husbandry used in +[[high_farming]]. It is a form of crop rotation + +1) one year [[ley]] + - grow for one year + - let livestock graze from it + - allows for nitrogen to build in the soil +2) root break + - plant, + - turnips + - swedes + - potatoes + - mangold + - kale + - these increase soil fertility + - apply nearly all manure to this field + - called cleaning crops, as land must be hoed several times to plant in rows + - Also creates the crops to be eaten during the winter for feeding livestock +3) Winter cereal break + - plant, + - wheat + - beans + - barley + - oats + - rye + - All these crops are sown in autumn + - this is the primary "cash crop" or "staple food" +4) Spring cereal break + - Spring sown wheat or barley + - Undersow ley after placing the wheat and barley seed + - used crop for beer, feeding livestock, and making manure + +Historically this method created 2 tons of wheat to the acre diff --git a/botany/high_farming.wiki b/botany/high_farming.wiki index ffbd665..a59d6e6 100644 --- a/botany/high_farming.wiki +++ b/botany/high_farming.wiki @@ -33,3 +33,7 @@ arks for hens, and electric fences for pigs. * Animals must move plots over years, as parisites build up on that plot * Same applies for blights on plants + +== Crop roration == + +See [[four_course_rotation]] diff --git a/botany/ley.wiki b/botany/ley.wiki new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6d1822b --- /dev/null +++ b/botany/ley.wiki @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ += Ley = + +Ley is the combination of small grasses and clovers, common in most large open +grassy fields