permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflondon@mindspring.com>]

On Sat, 13 Oct 2001 14:30:06 -0400, "Nick Routledge"
<fellowservant@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>Have been mulling over the pc in Afghanistan topic since the first posting
>and I've been talking things over with some permie friend, and consensus
>seems to be that Afghanistan is ripe for permaculture. Women seem
>especially supportive of the idea.
>
>So, I'm gonna try and get resources/a team into Kabul. I've begun
>collecting seed, but could do with more in the way of details about both
>seed needs/climate and suchlike. 

From:

http://www.afghan-web.com/fauna/domestic.html

                              Domestic Plants found in Afghanistan

                     Nuts and Fruits:          Vegetables:

                        * figs                         * beets
                        * walnuts                  * sesame
                        * plums                     * spinach
                        * almonds                 * flax
                        * bananas                * radish
                        * dates                     * pumpkin
                        * pears                     * potatoes
                        * peaches                * salad greens
                        * apricots                 * cabbage
                        * mulberries              * garlic
                        * grapes                   * leeks
                        * pomegranates       * turnips
                        * apples                   * asparagus
                        * quince                   * brusselssprouts
                        * oranges                 * eggplants
                        * cherries                 * squash
                        * strawberries           * cauliflower
                        * pine nuts               * fennel
                        * tomatoes               * zanzibar pea
                                                       * garden pea
                     Cererals:                     * onions
                                                       * cotton
                        * rice                       * oleaster
                        * spring rye              * sugarcane
                        * winter rye              * vetch
                        * wheat                    *rape 
                        * barley
                        * maize                     * alfalfa
                        * millet                      * tobacco
                        * castor oil plant       * mustard
                                                        * cucumbers
                                                        * carrots
                                                        * clover
                                                        * lentils
                                                        * chick pea
                                                        *watermelons
                                                        * artichoke
                                                        * broadbean
                                                        * melons
                                                        *sunflowers

















I'm just about to take off on a
>seedswapping expedition through the southern states (timetable at:
>www.calsnet.net/pilgrimage) so if you wanna get together en route to pass
>along tidbits of seed/counsel or whatever, please look me up.
>
>I'm somewhat networked in that part of Asia, and I'm working an angle or
>two. Could always do with more in the way of support, though. Do we know
>of any permies in that part of the world who may have counsel to share? Or
>in any other bioregions with not dissimilar ecologies?
>
>Plant peace,
>
>n.
>www.foodnotlawns.com
>