Toronto Waldorf School teacher Mary-lu Spinney was recently featured in YorkRegion.com for growing her vegetables in a manner that regenerates soil through indigenous planting methods.
Once such method, called “Three Sisters,” involves growing corn until it reaches about a foot tall, then adding pole beans to grow up the stalks like a trellis, allowing the beans return nitrogen to the soil.
Spinney spoke of specifically about one method she teachers her 9th graders. The article says, “They dig a large hole several feet deep, toss in logs and sticks, then add soil to form the basis of a garden bed. Like peat moss, locally sourced logs absorb and hold water, gradually breaking down to add fibre and nutrients to the soil.”
Read the full article at YorkRegion.com
Photo Credit: Toronto Waldorf School
