A View from Above

Ah Swillington, the place of my endevours. This is a pic from the wall looking South East. 

Dryland Polyculture Bahia

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originally uploaded by nocompost.

Finally after 6 months or more of searching...........the first real images of a polyculture.!.!.! A dryland polyculture.
Location: Bahia huge arid region of Brazil.
Systems are making a real difference to farmers. Reducing soil erosion and increasing total yields from once barren fields.
Keywords: Polyculture, permaculture, intercropping, dryland.
Links:www.permacultura-bahia.org.br www.marsha.com.br

orchard -patterns in High-Input Ag

orchard,
originally uploaded by topherous.

Here's an image of a large orchard in the US.
Shows pattern in two "layers", good.
Very regular design, bad.
Monocrop, designed for mechanised management, bad.

Silver Birch KAP

Silver Birch.,
originally uploaded by The K Team.

Interesting KAP image.

Shows some detail. OK to get an idea of planting density etc.



"Silver Birch trees on Stanton moor in the Derbyshire Peak District. This is a Neolithic landscape famous for the Nine Ladies Stone circle.
Dan Leigh R5 Delta and AutoKap."

Cool Annotation Feature

fire escape,
originally uploaded by Gayla.

This looks a real killer.

Roll over parts of the image and get a text pop-up.

Check it.

Forest Garden Dartington

DSCN3925,
originally uploaded by nocompost.

Here are the images taken on a visit to the A.R.T. forest garden on Dec 28th.
70 images in the set.

Very cold. Lots of ice and a bit of snow.

Urban Gdn. Vancouver

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originally uploaded by urbanwild.

Sheet mulching and bokashi photo set.
He's also got some seed ball experiment images.

IMG_2669

IMG_2669,
originally uploaded by Dr. Hayesboh.

Agrofostry Image.
Shows structure.
No annotations.

Sutton St. Image Set

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originally uploaded by nocompost.

Here's the first in a set of imgs from Sutton. Lots of shots of the garden, pre-ming. Wot u reckon?