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What's The Deal with Syntropic Agroforestry?

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Coconut Cream:
I've been pondering some of these questions myself - how do chemicals and elements that weren't present in the soil at the beginning magically become part of the soil over time? I think the answer comes from the increased insect and animal activity in response to planting out the multiple layers of vegetation.

Since planting all kinds of flowers, vines, shrubs and support plants along with my trees, I have seen an incredible burst of insect activity which has resulted in a surge of animal activity. The insects and pollinators attracted to the garden bring their inputs from their waste and their decomposing bodies when they die. The same for the animals, from small to larger. Birds and rabbits are pooping, snakes are shedding skin, lizard waste is everywhere, and so on. The insects and animals have calcium and iron and trace elements in their bodies.

All those processes accelerate when you can attract a wide array of butterflies, bees, wasps, lizards, birds, snakes, frogs, turtles and all the rest.

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