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  • From: Walt Dennig <edennig@pacbell.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Terraced farmland in Madagascar
  • Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 10:01:55 -0700

I downloaded the file and it opened fine . . . dunno . . . but check out the vetiver.org site and look for information on temperature . . . walt

At 09:38 AM 5/22/2007, you wrote:

I tried to open the link and my adobe reader said the file was corrupt.

Wikipedia had info.

I wonder if there is something similar for colder climates.

On 5/22/07, Walt Dennig <edennig@pacbell.net> wrote:
> I remember these terraces from a trip there in '96 . . . the one
> thing missing from some of them is the use of Vetiver (Vetiver
> zizanioides) as a barrier and "auto-terracer" . . . Although this
> link is not about agriculture, you can see the power of this plant in action:
> http://vetiver.org/ICV3-Proceedings/MAD_rail_stab.pdf2.pdf
>
> This grass has been used for centuries as a natural auto-terracer, in
> the Caribbean and India . . . now it is being used in most of the
> tropic and sub-tropic countries . . . http://vetiver.org has a wealth
> of information that would be useful as an adjunct to permaculture . . .
>
> Walt
>
> At 08:35 AM 5/22/2007, you wrote:
>
> >More fantastic pictures!
> >
> >I would really like to spend a few hours learning about these systems.
> > I suspect that they are labor intensive, but it would be good to hear
> >from a permaculture person that has spent time there and working in
> >other systems.
> >
> >On 5/18/07, Lawrence F. London, Jr. <lfl@intrex.net> wrote:
> > > Terraced farmland in Madagascar
> > > http://www.pbase.com/diego_elorza/image/55694648
> > > http://www.pbase.com/diego_elorza/image/55694643
> > >
> > > Very different kinds of terraces; larger, greater water impoundment;
> > > would seem to be a real challenge to control water flow::
> > > http://www.pbase.com/diego_elorza/image/55694633
> > > http://www.pbase.com/diego_elorza/image/55694644
> > >
> > > Terraced riverbed in valley bottom:
> > > http://www.pbase.com/diego_elorza/image/55694654
> > >
> > > The whole gallery:
> > > http://www.pbase.com/diego_elorza/madagascar&page=all
> > > --
> > > Lawrence F. London, Jr.
> > > Venaura Farm
> > > lfl@intrex.net
> > > http://market-farming.com
> > > http://market-farming.com/venaurafarm
> > > http://venaurafarm.blogspot.com/
> > > http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech
> > >
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