This is great, so glad you explain the importance of natives. I didn’t know any of this when I started. I had all these native ficus (figs and berries) that were in my way and I’d try and remove them in my stupidity, while putting in my fruit trees. Now that I know better. These ficus trees attract so many birds into our property and the birds do a lot of the native tree planting for me now. It’s fantastic. I scythe, so very easy to see new tree seedlings and careful now around them.
I’ve done an agroforestry system, originally I started with a poor understanding of syntropic agriculture but the management was a bit too much, I’m a slacker. We rotate chickens through the system and also have a cow and she’s the fattest cow in the neighborhood. The shade from the agroforestry system is becoming absolutely critical here in the tropics, temperatures in the summer are getting ridiculous and the shade is a lifesaver
Thanks so much-- it's easy to forget that no one starts (or dies, for that matter) knowing everything. Start where you are and make decisions with the understanding that you'll probably regret some of them in the future.
This is great, so glad you explain the importance of natives. I didn’t know any of this when I started. I had all these native ficus (figs and berries) that were in my way and I’d try and remove them in my stupidity, while putting in my fruit trees. Now that I know better. These ficus trees attract so many birds into our property and the birds do a lot of the native tree planting for me now. It’s fantastic. I scythe, so very easy to see new tree seedlings and careful now around them.
I’ve done an agroforestry system, originally I started with a poor understanding of syntropic agriculture but the management was a bit too much, I’m a slacker. We rotate chickens through the system and also have a cow and she’s the fattest cow in the neighborhood. The shade from the agroforestry system is becoming absolutely critical here in the tropics, temperatures in the summer are getting ridiculous and the shade is a lifesaver
Thanks Andy, good stuff.
Thanks so much-- it's easy to forget that no one starts (or dies, for that matter) knowing everything. Start where you are and make decisions with the understanding that you'll probably regret some of them in the future.
Is there a podcast about this article somewhere?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Dx7fPJS9hwcZdpFgvU3QZ Episode 54, I believe!