poVoqM to Farming@slrpnk.net • 1 year agoAn Indigenous reservation has a novel way to grow food – below the earth’s surfacewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
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minus-squarepoVoqOPMlinkfedilink2•edit-21 year agoYeah, “novel” for that part of the world I guess. The article mentions that it originates from Bolivia, but I think there are even earlier prior-arts of trench farming to preserve fruit trees.
minus-square@wabootilink2•edit-21 year agoYeah my old uni’s botanical garden has underground greenhouses that are easily 100 years old. Putting a glass roof on top of a fruit trench is just the next logical step really.
Not novel at all but still a cool concept
Yeah, “novel” for that part of the world I guess. The article mentions that it originates from Bolivia, but I think there are even earlier prior-arts of trench farming to preserve fruit trees.
Yeah my old uni’s botanical garden has underground greenhouses that are easily 100 years old.
Putting a glass roof on top of a fruit trench is just the next logical step really.