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Zeman Johnson Coffee Cooperative

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Commenced:	01/04/2013
Submitted:	27/10/2013
Last updated:	07/10/2015
Location:	El Barco, Calle la sierra, El Cabirmal, Altamira, Puerto Plata, DO
Phone:	8092703113
Climate zone:	Wet/Dry Tropical

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El Cabirmal, Altamira, DO

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Posted by John ("Cade") Johnson almost 10 years ago

Theory is fine, but practical matters sometimes make you adjust the details.

The gray water system does not accumulate water after all! This has been a surprise to us. But it has never overflowed! It turns out that the water plants we put into the system - showy canna lillies - are quite thirsty once they get growing. And with nutrient-laden water from the house and with the tilapia waste circulating, they really grow fast in the tropics - We had lillies over 7 feet tall which I cut down and subdivided this week! Gotta keep an eye on those lillies and not let them out of control.

The solid waste side of the toilet does not accumulate much material. I had visualized a mountain of feces, but we two just don't make all that much apparently - 10 gallons in the first 7 months is all (including toilet paper). We make a lot of pee though (with rinse/flush dilution). I have applied four 50 gallon drums of fermented pee solution to the coffee plants and fruit trees nearest the house - they appreciate it. But young seedlings do not thrive with it.

We called this a coffee farm, but prolonged drought here is killing a lot of our coffee plants. So we are looking at cocoa trees and increasing citrus, and maybe even macadamia nuts and vanilla orchid. Stay tuned.

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Natasha Turner : If my memory serves me correctly, pistachios don't mind dry conditions. Yum! Sounds like you guys are doing some great experimentation there. Any chance for pictures? ;-)

Posted almost 10 years ago

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