permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>]

On 10/7/2011 8:34 PM, wenshidi@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/201102/castles.of.the.fields.htm
>
> These beautiful and practical structures hark back to a day when permaculture 
> was the norm rather than a new fangled technology.
>
> Esfahan looks more and more attractive the more I read about it.

Isfahan? The famous mosque at Isfahan is truly beautiful; Google 
pictures of it or go to PBase and search.

Something else you will be interested in is the thousands of years old 
irrigation system the Persians built to supply irrigation water to their 
orchards and cropland, going hand in hand with the pigeon towers,
the Quanats. Google that for lots more info. It was a system of 
catchments and channels to collect and direct water where it was needed,
often masonry constructions. Some of this system still exists but since 
the "Green" revolution and "modern: agriculture much of it has fallen 
into disrepair.