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Commenced:	01/01/2010
Submitted:	02/02/2011
Last updated:	23/05/2018
Location:	Quinta do Vale, Benfeita, Arganil, PT
Website:	http://www.permaculturinginportugal.net/
Climate zone:	Warm Temperate

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Beds raised, and Springing things

Project: Quinta do Vale

Posted by Wendy Howard about 13 years ago

Spring is finally in the air after some welcome rain and our new raised beds are almost ready for their first growing season.

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Vanessa Monge Augusto Fernandes : Linda!!!!

Posted about 13 years ago

Andrew Ramponi : An interesting and adventurous project. I like the layout and shapes of the beds = don't know why I've tended so often towards rectangles! Time for a change!

Posted about 13 years ago

Wendy Howard : We tend to think in boxes, so I think to the Western mindset they're conceptually almost on the level of instinctive! Certainly a conditioned response if not instinctive. Easy to build and efficient. I guess had I been driven purely by efficiency, then I would have built our beds on contour with mini swales uphill of each, but I figured if I could do something artistic without compromising irrigation efficiency too much, then it would result in something more pleasing to live and work with. Permaculture doesn't have to ignore aesthetics!

Posted about 13 years ago

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