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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] Amazing pic of rice farming on many long terraces
  • Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:28:33 -0400

Amazing pic of rice farming on many long terraces
Rice.jpg photo - Lien Vu photos at pbase.com
<http://www.pbase.com/vulien/image/49246303>


Does anyone here experiment with terraced gardens on slopes.
Sounds to me like it would be a standard permaculture method
to maximize plant growth using maximum rainfall and conserve maximum
water-borne nutrients.


I have some long curving, high raised beds side by side (about 12 long beds)
following the contour along a slope.
Recent 5" rain stayed in the ditches between the beds; some overflow occured
between a few of them. Nutrient-rich
was conserved in ditches to be absorbed gradually by the beds. Some of the gardens looked almost like chinampas for a few days. These techniques ought to be SOP in permaculture design.

LL




  • [permaculture] Amazing pic of rice farming on many long terraces, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 06/21/2006

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