Here are some pictures of the solar dehydrator we build to dry our fruits, herbs and vegetables. The temperature midday reaches around 60 degrees inside sufficient to dry most things in 2-3 days. The two rainpipes inside are there to pull the hot air through the system.
Some of you asked me in my previous post what we did with the all the extra produce, so here is the solar dehydrator we build to dry our fruits, herbs and vegetables. The temperature midday reaches around 60 degrees inside sufficient to dry most things in 2-3 days. The two rainpipes inside are there to pull the hot air through the system.
Here are some pictures of the garden of campsite of my girlfriend I help with. All the food we produce goes to the kitchen here or gets sold to guests. Along with 8 workaway volunteers we manage to keep the garden running. We are currently drowning in zuchinnis and tomatoes and the plants outside of the greenhouse are not even in full production yet!
Here are some pictures of the garden of campsite of my girlfriend I help with. All the food we produce goes to the kitchen here or gets sold to guests. Along with 8 workaway volunteers we manage to keep the garden running. We are currently drowning in zuchinnis and tomatoes and the plants outside of the greenhouse are not even in full production yet!
I would love to label all my pots with ferments for the potential to sell them locally here. I have no clue what kind of label printer to buy since there are so many different types. A thermal printer looks great, but I'm not sure if there are better alternatives. What kind of printer do you have and would you recommand it?
Hi all,
Small update on my agroforestry system. The first picture shows the 2000 m2 of a more conventional system. It is 3 years old and most scrubs like fly honeysuckle, japanese wineberries, red currants and blueberries, autumn olive are starting to produce a lot fo fruit now. For the fruit trees, the feijoa, plums and cherries are the first to produce. Most fruit trees were planted 4 meters apart, but I started planted more scrubs in between them and added some species to take the canopy like black locust, pauwlonia, poplar and gunni eucalyptus.
The second picture shows the new system of 2000 m2, which I planted according to the syntropic principles. My target species of feijoa, persimmon and pawpaw is still grown 4 meters apart, but every 0.5 meter two aromatics are planted with the same plants as above to fill up the canopy. In each line I also planted onions and garlic in the right (west) side and broad beans and jeruselem artichokes on the left side. The broad beans and onions are harvested now but j. artichokes are quickly making a green wall to protect the lines from the summer sun in the afternoon and evening. I will water the system weekly for the first year, bi weekly for the second year and then see what survives on its own. I selectivly weed the system against grasses and blackberry, but with the mulch that gets added every time I mow, I expect that I only need to do this in the first year.
Happy to recieve any feedback!
Hi all,
Small update on my agroforestry system. The first picture shows the 2000 m2 of a more conventional system. It is 3 years old and most scrubs like fly honeysuckle, japanese wineberries, red currants and blueberries, autumn olive are starting to produce a lot fo fruit now. For the fruit trees, the feijoa, plums and cherries are the first to produce. Most fruit trees were planted 4 meters apart, but I started planted more scrubs in between them and added some species to take the canopy like black locust, pauwlonia, poplar and gunni eucalyptus.
The second picture shows the new system of 2000 m2, which I planted according to the syntropic principles. My target species of feijoa, persimmon and pawpaw is still grown 4 meters apart, but every 0.5 meter two aromatics are planted with the same plants as above to fill up the canopy. In each line I also planted onions and garlic in the right (west) side and broad beans and jeruselem artichokes on the left side. The broad beans and onions are harvested now but j. artichokes are quickly making a green wall to protect the lines from the summer sun in the afternoon and evening. I will water the system weekly for the first year, bi weekly for the second year and then see what survives on its own. I selectivly weed the system against grasses and blackberry, but with the mulch that gets added every time I mow, I expect that I only need to do this in the first year.
Happy to recieve any feedback!