This is an update to my previous post Preparing fence Line for Food Production. Visit Growing Food on fences #1 to see how we prepared this fence line for food production!

See below for what we planted!

This an area of fence line we just recently prepared that is adjacent to the fence line we planted out.

Squash will quickly produce food as well as help with shading out the unwanted grasses and weeds with their large round leaves. This shaded environment also does well to help the Okinowan purple Sweat potatoes establish themselves. By the time the squash fruits and dies back the sweat potatoes should be well established.

Here a young cassava is doing well shooting new growth. Cassava, also known as tapioca or manioc or Yuca is an amazing root crop and probably the most important crop you never heard of. Cassava is the primary food staple for around 800 million people, with more than half the world’s annual production, now around 260 million tons, in Africa. Nigeria is the world’s leading producer. Cassava is one of the last 'starch' crops you can grow in highly degraded soils which makes it ideal for places where resources like fertilizer are limited. The roots and greens can be eaten when cooked properly and the root can be left in the ground for up 13 months making them an ideal survival food.

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