Re: Terraced Hillside in Cinque Terre region of Italy

Ahhh Cinque Terre...been there several times walked all over it drove all
around he region and also buzzed by helicopter. I looked into a major
programme there to assist in rebuilding  many elements of the landscape and
community. Also prepared a concept to invest in a semi derelict hamlet. A
majic place with great people...Steve Hart

Kia ora Ehoa

*Steve Hart*
*Ecology Architect*

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Environments, through Urban Design, Architecture, Landscape Architecture
and Systems Ecology via Ecological Agriculture..​


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On 1 August 2018 at 15:13, Lawrence London <[email protected]> wrote:

> Terracing My Property Was the First Step
> <https://www.reddit.com/user/AquariiATX/comments/93c7x3/
> terracing_my_property_was_the_first_step/>
> (self.AquariiATX <https://www.reddit.com/user/AquariiATX/>)
>
> submitted 20 hours ago * by AquariiATX
> <https://www.reddit.com/user/AquariiATX>
>
> When I purchased my property in the early 90s it was sloped and had a
> thicket of overgrowth that reached the house. Removing the bamboo, vines,
> and hack berries was necessary but doing so would contribute to erosion on
> such a steep slope. The soil in Barton Hills is six inches deep if you are
> lucky. So Terracing made sense from a erosion management point of view.
> Terracing turns otherwise unusable hillsides into usable land suitable for
> growing. It also handles heavy rains much better. The image below shows a
> hill in the region of Cinque Terre Italy where otherwise unusable land was
> transformed into fertile vineyards. So the first step for me in rainwater
> harvesting was to terrace my property.
>
> Terraced Hillside in Cinque Terre region of Italy
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> qj9gw8cpk8d11.jpg (JPEG Image, 1175 × 801 pixels) - Scaled (92%)
> https://i.redd.it/qj9gw8cpk8d11.jpg
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