tropical permaculture3 soil building techniques and housing
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Earthworks
Swales are water harvesting ditches and
mounds on contour.Earthworks
Complex and Multistoried Plant Systems
DiversityNatural Forest Forest Gardening
Logs and Branches
DETRITUS
Banana CircleBanana Circle
Banana Circle1 in= 50 cm
Banana Circle1 in= 50 cm
29 cm
66.5 cm
3.25 m
2 m 62.5 cm
Banana Circle1 in= 50 cm
Sweet Potato
Organic matter
Banana
Cassava
Taro
Lemongrass
Organic matter
1 in= 50 cm
Banana
Organic matter
1 in= 50 cm
Organic matter
Banana
Cassava
1 in= 50 cm
Organic matter
Banana
CassavaVetiver, Lemongrass, or Citronella
1 in= 50 cm
Organic matter
Banana
CassavaVetiver, Lemongrass, or Citronella
Sweet Potato
1 in= 50 cm
Organic matter
Banana
CassavaVetiver, Lemongrass, or Citronella
Sweet Potato
1 in= 50 cm
Taro
AQUATIC WEEDS
Chinampas:Reconstructed
Wetlands
Ditch and Mound
Increase land increase water
Increase productivity
CROP WASTES AND MANURES
Hedgerow and Mulch plants
Green Manures and Ground Covers
Don’t fight the weeds, grow the weeds !
•Cover Cropping
HousingA house should:
Heat itself,
Cool itself,
Catch its own water.
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