Re: Terraced Hillside in Cinque Terre region of Italy
Lawrence London <[email protected]> Wed, 1 Aug 2018 18:19:42 -0400
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On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 6:13 PM, Steve Hart <[email protected]> wrote: > Ahhh Cinque Terre... I had never heard of it before seeing the picture of the terraces mountainside. I will Google it to see and learn more. Reminds me of Ifugao. 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. Now that sounds interesting, rebuilding a village. A > majic place with great people...Steve Hart > > Kia ora Ehoa > > *Steve Hart* > *Ecology Architect* > > Designer, Teacher, Builder of Ecologically Sustainable Resilient > Environments, through Urban Design, Architecture, Landscape Architecture > and Systems Ecology via Ecological Agriculture.. > > > *Skype: tipenemanawaPhone: +64 220 75 62 11* > > > > The Permaculture International College > https://permacultureeducation.com/ > https://permaculturecollege.academia.edu/SteveHart > > > > > > 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 > > <https://i.redd.it/qj9gw8cpk8d11.jpg> > > qj9gw8cpk8d11.jpg (JPEG Image, 1175 × 801 pixels) - Scaled (92%) > > https://i.redd.it/qj9gw8cpk8d11.jpg > > > > permaculture mailing list > > [email protected] > > subscribe/unsubscribe|user config|list info: > > https://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/permaculture > > > > > permaculture mailing list > [email protected] > subscribe/unsubscribe|user config|list info: > https://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/permaculture > -- Lawrence F. London, Jr. [email protected] https://sites.google.com/site/avantgeared permaculture mailing list [email protected] subscribe/unsubscribe|user config|list info: https://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/permaculture