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Garden Companion Newsletter Issue No. 16
______ 41 Years. 143 Countries. Millions of people educated. Millions of garden beds created. Billions of pounds of fertile soil grown. ...and we're just getting started. Grow Hope. Grow Abundance. GROW BIOINTENSIVE! Please donate to keep our work growing at home and around the world! https://secure.growbiointensive.org/ ___________________________________________ ©2018 Ecology Action. All Rights Reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Editor: Leslie Roberts
Editorial Assistance: Carol Cox and Mary Zellachild
Graphic Design and Editorial Assistance: Shannon Joyner
Contributors: John Jeavons, Paul Higgins, Mary Zellachild, Juan Manuel Martinez, Rachel Britten, Matt Drewno, Jes Pearce, Carol Vesecky, Rachel Laase and GROW BIOINTENSIVE® friends from around the world.
Donate Now! Your contributions grow hope around the world! About Ecology Action Garden Report: Changes at Ecology Action The Growing Edge: Biointensive Training in Haiti Ecology Actions 2017 Training Program Review FAQ - What is your favorite gardening tool? DIY! Tool Preserver Thanks to Our Major Donors Herbal Spotlight - Comfrey Book Reviews - Winter Harvest Handbook and Being with Flowers Download HTGMV in French! Biointensive Team Corner - Matt Drewno Ecology Action Research by Site Biointensive for Russia - Ludmila Zhirina Teaching tour of 3 Northern Russain Regions The Week of Wakening Spring - quailseeds.com blog Ecology Actions Annual Report How to order EA publications The Garden Companion Newsletter Staff and Contributors Download Ecology Actions Handy Garden Calendar New in 2018! Register now! Two 9-part Biointensive Saturday Course Series at EA! Click here for a little Treat Everything you wanted to know about cover crops in one easy chart! How to support Ecology Action with Amazon Smile Email Ecology Action at contact@growbiointensive.org Since 1972, EA has been researching and demonstrating the growing edge of sustainable food raising, and making our knowledge available to people everywhere. It is your support dollars that enable this growth and global outreach. Please consider increasing your general support so we can continue to expand our fundamental outreach programs to people here at home and around the world—and grow a healthier, fairer, more hopeful tomorrow for us all. DONATE NOW We are pleased to announce that the new, fully updated and revised 9th edition of How to Grow More Vegetables, is now available. Unlock the hidden nutritional potential lying dormant in spaces you might ordinarily consider too small to plant. Grow more food, flowers, beauty and life than you ever thought possible on less land than you can imagine!Click here to buy it from Amazon. Click here to see Ecology Actions Calendar of Events and Registration Pages