Earthworks

Swales are water harvesting ditches and

mounds on contour.Earthworks

Complex and Multistoried Plant Systems

DiversityNatural Forest Forest Gardening

Logs and Branches

DETRITUS

Banana CircleBanana Circle

Banana Circle1 in= 50 cm

Banana Circle1 in= 50 cm

29 cm

66.5 cm

3.25 m

2 m 62.5 cm

Banana Circle1 in= 50 cm

Sweet Potato

Organic matter

Banana

Cassava

Taro

Lemongrass

Organic matter

1 in= 50 cm

Banana

Organic matter

1 in= 50 cm

Organic matter

Banana

Cassava

1 in= 50 cm

Organic matter

Banana

CassavaVetiver, Lemongrass, or Citronella

1 in= 50 cm

Organic matter

Banana

CassavaVetiver, Lemongrass, or Citronella

Sweet Potato

1 in= 50 cm

Organic matter

Banana

CassavaVetiver, Lemongrass, or Citronella

Sweet Potato

1 in= 50 cm

Taro

AQUATIC WEEDS

Chinampas:Reconstructed

Wetlands

Ditch and Mound

Increase land increase water

Increase productivity

CROP WASTES AND MANURES

Hedgerow and Mulch plants

Green Manures and Ground Covers

Don’t fight the weeds, grow the weeds !

•Cover Cropping

HousingA house should:

Heat itself,

Cool itself,

Catch its own water.

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