Amy 16h @lolennui. bsky. social

(me making fun of your crop rotation idea and thereby holding our people back another 5000 years) jeff thinks the beans have to take turns Imao

  • ShunkW@lemmy.worldEnglish
    50·
    6 months ago

    Iirc, and I could be getting this wrong, but different crops take and return different nutrients to the soil. So rotating where they’re planted can help prevent depletion of the soil, while you can still use all the land available each season.

    • caseyweederman@lemmy.caEnglish
      32·
      6 months ago

      Don’t forget about fallow crops, when you let the earth rest and the crops to decompose, enriching the soil

      • ShunkW@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        6 months ago

        Yeah that’s a big part as well. Also fallow is such a great word and I rediscovered it when I found an artist named Emma Ruth Rundle who uses it beautifully in at least a couple songs.