Re: nurse crops

**t* <t*@gmail.com>**

In horticulture, a faster growing nurse plant, such as coyote brush, can
help a slower-growing plant survive. It shields the slower plant from
predators, intense sun, wind, etc. I've seen this used in a
wildland-interface garden where deer roamed freely. It gave the slower
plants a chance at survival; alone, they would get trampled or picked off.
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