permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@intrex.net>]

A monumental undertaking - and they got the drainage right, too.
Longji Titian - the terraced rice fields
http://www.pbase.com/fdzlwl/image/78681614
http://www.pbase.com/fdzlwl/image/78681615
so neat, precision terramechanics
http://www.pbase.com/fdzlwl/image/78681616
http://www.pbase.com/fdzlwl/image/78681617
community roof work in Pingan (are they putting flat rocks on that roof?)
http://www.pbase.com/fdzlwl/image/78681625
long heavy climb up
http://www.pbase.com/fdzlwl/image/78681684
young artisans (what a fine 3-legged workbench)
http://www.pbase.com/fdzlwl/image/78681663


Americans build giant dams, skyscrapers and bridges
Chinese terraced whole mountains to grow food
Chinese build big bridges, dams and skyscrapers
Americans go back to the land, practice permaculture, grow food the right way
and hope they will learn how the Chinese did it sustainably for thousands of 
years
and maybe take that one step backwards and two steps forward, thinking on a 
thousand year scale


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Lawrence F. London, Jr.
lflj@intrex.net
lfljvfarm@gmail.com
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Market Farming & Permaculture 
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