2018 Wicking Bed
A wicking bed is a drought resistant garden, watered directly under the soil, so nothing is lost to evaporation and the soil is always moist.
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Swale digging, tree planting and grafting pistachios
Last weekend we worked on the abandoned terrace project, digging a swale, planting trees and grafting pistachio branches onto “pistachia lentiscus”.
Abandoned Terrace Project (On Friday’s I write)
As part of the Rovira Regenerativa project we are experimenting with ways to design productive terraces using regenerative agriculture techniques, with no irrigation in a semi-arid mediterranean climate. This post explains the first steps recuperating an abandoned olive terrace.
The greywater system at our permaculture project
In 2017 we implemented a very simple greywater system from the kitchen sink to a mulch basin. Looking at the photos now I can’t believe we didn’t do more for the poor quality soil!
