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[Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 6:13 PM, Steve Hart <stevenlawrencehart@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Ahhh Cinque Terre...


I had never heard of it before seeing the picture of the terraces
mountainside. I will Google it to see and learn more. Reminds me of Ifugao.

been there several times walked all over it drove all
> around he region and also buzzed by helicopter. I looked into a major
> programme there to assist in rebuilding  many elements of the landscape and
> community. Also prepared a concept to invest in a semi derelict hamlet.


Now that sounds interesting, rebuilding a village.

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> On 1 August 2018 at 15:13, Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Terracing My Property Was the First Step
> > <https://www.reddit.com/user/AquariiATX/comments/93c7x3/
> > terracing_my_property_was_the_first_step/>
> > (self.AquariiATX <https://www.reddit.com/user/AquariiATX/>)
> >
> > submitted 20 hours ago * by AquariiATX
> > <https://www.reddit.com/user/AquariiATX>
> >
> > When I purchased my property in the early 90s it was sloped and had a
> > thicket of overgrowth that reached the house. Removing the bamboo, vines,
> > and hack berries was necessary but doing so would contribute to erosion
> on
> > such a steep slope. The soil in Barton Hills is six inches deep if you
> are
> > lucky. So Terracing made sense from a erosion management point of view.
> > Terracing turns otherwise unusable hillsides into usable land suitable
> for
> > growing. It also handles heavy rains much better. The image below shows a
> > hill in the region of Cinque Terre Italy where otherwise unusable land
> was
> > transformed into fertile vineyards. So the first step for me in rainwater
> > harvesting was to terrace my property.
> >
> > Terraced Hillside in Cinque Terre region of Italy
> > <https://i.redd.it/qj9gw8cpk8d11.jpg>
> > qj9gw8cpk8d11.jpg (JPEG Image, 1175 × 801 pixels) - Scaled (92%)
> > https://i.redd.it/qj9gw8cpk8d11.jpg
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Lawrence F. London, Jr.
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