How Did We Get To This?

"This" is the scene at the end of the day at our latest Food Forest installation in Benicia.

 

 There is a video that documents the whole day. Thanks to Constance Beutel

 

We have swales, rainwater harvesting from the roof downspouts and fruit trees planted ready to receive greywater

 

This is where we started.

At least 25 volunteers helped clear out the 1200 square foot area to begin the transformation.

Flour marks paths and swales.

 

Our trusted A frame on the birm in the middle

Keeping carbon on site by adding trimmings to bottom of swale

Plumbing class for piping downspouts to swales

 



Nikita watering a plum tree that he just planted

The thrill of testing a downspout

Happy Homeowners Heather and Frank launching an avocado tree

All this was made possible by a 2014 grant from the Benicia Sustainability Commission.

This is a TIME LAPSE video of the whole day. Thank you Steve. See if you can notice where lunch happened.

 

So that is the story of how we got to "This" but not the end of the tale!

 

The trees are ready for the Greywater Action workshop on April 25th and you might like to sign up for that one. We also will be planting the other layers of the Food Forest in the next couple of months.

 

May we all feel the abundance of Spring!

 

David

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