The Silent Storyteller

  Flowers  Seeds are used in falooda

 

  Good Nitrogen fixer - Legumenous Red and white versions

  leaves can be used as green mulch  Nitrogen fixer

 

                                                                                                plants                                                                                                     flowers seeds Usage

Fruits                                                                                                           Flowers Usage

                                                                                                                                                                                              Leaves                                                                                                Flowers  Fruits Usage

  Here is a list of some ref books -  "An Agriculture Testament" - Albert Howard "Silent Spring" - Rachel Carson "One Straw Revolution" - Fukuoka "The Natural Way of Farming" - Fukuoka "Introduction to Permaculture" - Bill Mollison "Permaculture: A Designer's Manual" - Bill Mollison "Tending the Earth" - W. Pereira "Village Swaraj" - M.K. Gandhi "Organic Agriculture" - P.K. Thampan "Trees and Tree Farming" - P.K. Thampan "This Fissured Land" - M. Gadgil and R. Gaha

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