book for PDF - John Snow International Europe

• Avoid big bushy herbs. Plant these incontainers, along paths or on boundariesand cut them back.• Plant soil improving plants and small fruittrees between beds.• Prune trees if they cause too much shade.• Use the clippings for mulch, livestock fodderor compost.• Make a compost area. If you do not havespace make pit beds in the garden to use uphousehold waste.Useful cropsSoil improvers/groundcovers forplanting beneathother cropsPeas, beans, cowpea, bambara groundnuts,peanuts, comfrey, sunnhemp, sesbania,leuceana, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, capegooseberry.Pest control plantsfor growing on theedge of gardensWindbreaks/ livefence plants for theedge of gardensFruit crops for theedge of gardensClimbing crops forwalls and fencesWater-loving cropsto plant close totapsMarigolds, garlic, onions, chillies, basil,marjoram, chives, elderflower, sunnhemp,lemon grass, fennel, milkweed.Sesbania, acacias, leuceana, sugar cane,bana grass, pigeon pea, cassava, moringa,jatropha, elderflower, mulberry.Orange, lemon, coffee, pomegranate, treetomato, pawpaw, guava, fig, feijoa,bananas.Beans (especially Madagascar beans,)pumpkins, oyster nut, passion fruit, kiwi fruit,grape, chouchou, loofahPumpkins, bananas, sugar cane, mint,cocoyams, comfrey.26