New “food forest”

April 25, 2009 at 4:03 pm (agroforestry, permaculture)

At the beginning of 2009, a new agroforestry system has been started in a degraded pasture land following the principles of permaculture. The active participation of volunteers allowed to finalize the digging of swales on contour and the planting of more than 2000 banana sapplings plus pionneer and leguminous species . A nursery has been also created for the fruit trees that will complete the system.

Plantation View From Hill 700x344general view of the site

Working on Swales 500x375placing logs cross-slopes

Lower Swale 500x345lower swale

Swale Detail 500x375swale detail

Banana Shoot 500x667first banana shoots

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