Rendimiento general
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My food forest produces a vast surplus, with minimal work.
Efectos secundarios positivos no deseados de la práctica
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I don't have time to harvest all of it. I think there could be a role for a "roving harvester" who harvests my (very large) surplus and sells it to local businesses.
Efecto secundario negativo no deseado de la práctica
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Vast amount of pruned branches. I don't want to own or rent a wood chipper. I would like to turn more of it into biochar.
Conocimiento y habilidades requeridas para la práctica
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Reading Toby Hemenway's book "Gaia's Garden" is good enough.
Trabajo requerido para la práctica
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And the labor is pretty fun :-)
Costo asociado con la práctica
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We hired a permaculture landscape designer to do a design to get us started. I have tweaked the design a lot as I have implemented it. Some plants are kind of expensive but most plants were started from cuttings that I got for free.
¿Funciona en entornos degradados?
Detalles
But you need to design it to replenish what was lost. Easy to do though.
¿Ayuda a restaurar la tierra?
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My soil was mostly clay, now it is quite rich.
Efectos de vulnerabilidad del cambio climático
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The diversity ensures that any losses are small. Also I am constantly letting unhappy plants die so that I can plant ones that will be more happy. By "happy" I mean the plant thrives with little or no care, and also the plant makes me happy i.e. it produces well, does not smother its neighbors, etc.
Requisitos de tiempo
Detalles
You need to design it to produce both short and long term yields. Easy to do.