LESSON 1.1 INTRODUCING - Strategy for sustainable living.

 

FOOD FOREST COURSE

AGRO-ECONOMY LESSON 1.1 

INTRODUCING - Strategy for sustainable living.

 

Food Forest gardening is a central practice of Permaculture and is an ecological design strategy for sustainable living.

Eco systems such as mature rain forests have a huge number of relationships between its component parts. Trees, understory, ground cover, soil, fungi, insects and animals are an integral part of this system.  Plants grow at different heights and this allows a diverse community of life to grow in a relatively small space.  Plants come into leaf and fruit at different times of year.

 

Edible forest gardens can mimic the complexity of a mature ecosystem and can offer inspiring and practical information of perennial polycultures and of multipurpose plants in small-scale settings. We can apply the principles of a natural ecology to the design of home gardens that mimic forest ecosystems to grow our food, fuel, fodder, fertiliser, ‘farmaceuticals,’ and fun.  We should begin to learn how to apply ecological principles to the design of our food production systems and learn about the complex laws of nature.  We can learn this through designing and creating a food forest garden.  It will be like an outdoor classroom.

Food forest gardening is also known as three-dimensional gardening.  It is a food production and land management system based on replicating woodland ecosystems, but substituting trees with large bushes, shrubs, herbs, vines and vegetables which have yields useful to humans and livestock.  By the use of support plants, guilds and companion plants, these can be intermixed to grow on multiple levels in the same area amongst the tropical vegetables, as do the plants in a forest.  Based on the observation that the natural forest can be divided into distinct layers or ‘stacking,’ we use inter-cropping to develop a food forest garden.

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MULCH & NUTRIENTS PLANTS: Ex. Comfrey, horseradish nasturtium

NITROGEN FIXERS: Make nitrogen available to plants, ex. clover, peas, beans, + other vegetables. Ex. Dandelion, Yarrow.

BIRD ATTRACTORS: (to keep insects under control ex. Blueberry, wild strawberry)

GRASS SUPPRESSOR: (for the border) ex. Garlic chive, shallots  

RAISED AREA. 10 – 15 cm.  1.) Cardboard, 2.) compost. 3.) soil mix, 4.) Mulch , leave trunk area free

 

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 KOZI YA MSITU WA CHAKULA
KILIMO-UCHUMI SOMO LA 1.1
UTANGULIZI - Mkakati wa maisha endelevu.
 
Upandaji bustani wa Msitu wa Chakula ni mazoezi kuu ya Permaculture na ni mkakati wa muundo wa ikolojia kwa maisha endelevu.
Mifumo ya mazingira kama vile misitu ya mvua iliyokomaa ina idadi kubwa ya uhusiano kati ya sehemu zake. Miti, chini, kifuniko cha ardhi, udongo, kuvu, wadudu na wanyama ni sehemu muhimu ya mfumo huu. Mimea hukua kwa urefu tofauti na hii inaruhusu jamii tofauti ya maisha kukua katika nafasi ndogo. Mimea huja kwenye majani na matunda kwa nyakati tofauti za mwaka.
 
Bustani za misitu zinazoweza kuliwa zinaweza kuiga utata wa mfumo ikolojia uliokomaa na zinaweza kutoa maelezo ya kuvutia na ya vitendo ya kilimo cha aina nyingi za kudumu na mimea yenye matumizi mengi katika mipangilio midogo. Tunaweza kutumia kanuni za ikolojia ya asili katika uundaji wa bustani za nyumbani zinazoiga mifumo ikolojia ya misitu ili kukuza chakula chetu, mafuta, malisho, mbolea, ‘mashamba,’ na burudani. Tunapaswa kuanza kujifunza jinsi ya kutumia kanuni za ikolojia katika muundo wa mifumo yetu ya uzalishaji wa chakula na kujifunza kuhusu sheria changamano za asili. Tunaweza kujifunza hili kupitia kubuni na kuunda bustani ya msitu wa chakula. Itakuwa kama darasa la nje.
Upandaji bustani wa msitu wa chakula pia hujulikana kama bustani ya pande tatu. Ni uzalishaji wa chakula na mfumo wa usimamizi wa ardhi unaojikita katika kuiga mifumo ikolojia ya misitu, lakini badala ya miti yenye vichaka vikubwa, vichaka, mitishamba, mizabibu na mboga mboga ambayo hutoa mazao muhimu kwa binadamu na mifugo. Kwa kutumia mimea inayosaidia, vyama na mimea shirikishi, mimea hii inaweza kuchanganywa ili kukua katika viwango vingi katika eneo moja kati ya mboga za kitropiki, kama mimea msituni. Kulingana na uchunguzi kwamba msitu wa asili unaweza kugawanywa katika tabaka tofauti au ‘kutundika,’ tunatumia upanzi baina ya mazao ili kuendeleza bustani ya msitu wa chakula.

MAANDISHI KWENYE PICHA:
MIMEA YA MADINI NA VIRUTUBISHO: Mf. Comfrey, horseradish nasturtium
VIREKEBISHO VYA NITROJINI: Fanya nitrojeni ipatikane kwa mimea, kwa mfano. clover, mbaazi, maharagwe, + mboga nyingine. Kwa mfano. Dandelion, Yarrow.
VIVUTIO VYA NDEGE: (ili kuwadhibiti wadudu k.m. Blueberry, sitroberi mwitu)
NYASI KANDAMIZI: (kwa mpaka) ex. Vitunguu vitunguu, shallots
ENEO LILILOINULIWA. 10 - 15 cm. 1.) Kadibodi, 2.) mboji. 3.) mchanganyiko wa udongo, 4.) Mulch , acha eneo la shina bila malipo