The Polyculture Market Garden Study - How productive can our landscapes be for man and other organisms
For 2015, we are delighted to be offering an educational experience with a difference. Last year, we conducted a study at our residential garden to gauge how productive a biological polyculture could be (read more here ). We wish to expand upon this further by creating a team of 4 keen and enthusiastic people to participate in further research. We are focusing on the same topic - Productive polycultures, with an emphasis on market garden development (i.e. bringing good quality food to the market). What are we doing ? From March 20th - September 30th 2015 we'll be establishing a market garden consisting of annual herb and vegetable polycultures on a piece of abandoned agricultural land just outside our town. The garden will be a developed on a 350m2 area within a larger establishing forest garden (1800m2). We are aiming to produce food from this garden for local markets and buyer groups. We plan to record all aspects of the project including how long it takes to develop, maintain...