Article: Listen to your weeds!

Native plants can tell you a great deal about your land ... if you know how to read their signs

When looking for property for a garden or farm, it is important to be able to recognize good land and know how to spot possible danger signals. Even after selecting a location, you need to know when warning signals appear and what to do about them.

If pressured or narrowed into a choice that is less than ideal, will you be stuck with situations as you find them, or will you be able to improve conditions? One way of sizing up soil conditions when assessing a particular piece of property is to pay close attention to the naturally occurring plants. They can be a ...

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