REGENERATIVE FARMING

The focus has been mostly on agriculture. When I came to Muskedalen in 2012, it was a logging field where birch trees were coming up. The roots were pulled up, the soil leveled and grass was sown. The concept is to use grass from the meadow for fertilization and soil cover in vegetable cultivation. The focus has been on starting with those plants that need time to become ready for production. To grow vegetables here, it is necessary to take steps beyond conventional agriculture.

To meet a climate that appears to be becoming more unruly, the 4-element design model is used. This means that soil, water, air and sun must be balanced. Ponds, ditches and carbon are techniques that have been used to create growing conditions.

There is a great need for soil here, and composting is part of the cycle. In this pile, most of the roots from the clearing.

Ditches, ponds and wood in raised beds, there is a separate article about that. 

Temperature differences

In this cold climate, every opportunity to create heat must be exploited. Temperature conditions that alternate above and below freezing point provide an indication of local temperature conditionsThe closest is the small pond that is frozen over. Behind the pond is a wide growing bed. It looks like the cold is settling down in the pond. To the left of the growing bed is another growing bed that I made in December -24.

To recreate a warm place, I make this Cultivation Bed in December -24. The bed is located directly on the mountain base, and it consists of wood with soil above. Wintergreen trees will be planted around it, including pine, juniper and spruce, to create heat.

I made the planter bench in the summer of -24. The gardener checks hers phone (hasn't gotten any soil on hers fingers yet).

HønsetraktorR.jpgMobile chicken coop was nailed down in the summer of -24

The three working goats "bruse" have been tarred this summer -24

 

Permaculture is the design system that weaves a sustainable existence

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