#soildevelopment

[growninhaiti]

A lot of this property is still at its pioneer stage. Covered in thorny weeds which also happen to be mostly nitrogen fixers. Random thought but perhaps this pioneer stage of painful weeds is the lands way of keeping people and animals off of it as it recovers 🤔 all I know is that nature knows way better than we do and it’s quite fun discovering the methods behind the madness. Anyways, before I run off to another thought, we decided to speed up this process by planting a few intensive garden beds throughout the property. The soil is quite compacted and since it’s not easy to bring in truck loads of mulch and compost, we decided to till it this one time just to get some air circulating in the soil. As the crops grow, they will provide ground cover that will take in carbon from the soil, provide organic material to feed the soil, as well as some tasty treats for us all to enjoy. This first plot will contain cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, kale, brussel sprouts, coriander, carrots, borage, bok choy, radishes, Romain lettuce, and sweet peas. The kids are excited although planting intensively is quite meticulous work in comparison to a mono cropped field but it should yield a much higher yield and diversity per square foot. Going to spread what’re mulch I can find over this plot while I sprout my tomatoes and peppers and prepare to get them in the ground along with everything else. ・・・ #growninhaiti #Haiti #ayiti #eachoneteachone #reforestation #agroforestry #intensivegardening #squarefootgardening #feedyoursoil #soildevelopment #growth #learninglessons #community #communitydevelopment #communitygarden #sharingiscaring #sustainablefoodsystems #foodsecurity #laboroflove https://www.instagram.com/p/CD18zLilYdx/?igshid=u5mr3dmyyjx6