How to Grow More Vegetables

of wheat. As a tea, it combats diseases such as

damping off in young plants. Concentrates calcium,

sulfur, and potash in its body.

• Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale): Increases the
  “aromatic quality of all herbs.” “In small amounts” it
  helps most vegetables. Concentrates potash in its body.


• Oak tree (Quercus spp.): Concentrates calcium in its
  bark (bark ash is 77% calcium). In a special tea, it
  helps plants resist harmful diseases. Its beneficial
  influence helps create excellent soil underneath its
  branches—which is a great place to build a compost
  pile, but keep the pile at least 6 feet from the tree
  trunk so the nearby environment will not be conducive
  to disease or attractive to harmful insects.

Note: Lemon balm, marjoram, oregano, dandelion, chamomile, stinging nettle, and

valerian are perennials. They are traditionally planted in a section along an end of

the bed so they need not be disturbed when the bed is replanted.

Soil life stimulation—Stinging nettle helps stimulate the
microbial life, and this helps plant growth.