Estava na hora de cultivar um vegetal. A escolha pelo feijão não estava apenas influenciada pela época mas por ser uma espécie melhoradora da terra e de cultivo razoavelmente fácil. Ainda me lembro bem de germinar feijão num frasco com algodão quando era miúdo.
Construção
A escolha do sítio tinha de reunir três condições: local abrigado do vento e dos animais (que minimizasse a vedação a ser feita), com boa exposição solar e naturalmente com alguma humidade na terra para me permitir ausências por poucos dias. O sítio mais óbvio com estas condições é uma pequena clareira abaixo da mina onde a água que verte desta infiltra-se no solo. Sítio com hortelã-pimenta espontânea.
Aparetemente só existem dois caminhos estreitos para lá chegar, e nestes, bloqueei a passagem com galhos e silvas que já tinham sido cortadas antes.
À terra, respeitando o princípio da permacultura que não se deve interferir com o solo, apenas arranquei a erva e delineei as camas com madeiras velhas que estavam na cave. As sementes, um mix que tinha vindo a coleccionar.
Resultado
Passados uns dias, depois de uma das minha ausências, foi com felicidade que encontrei parte dos feijoeiros bem verdinhos a erguerem-se por entre as ervas secas que cobriam a terra. Passada nova ausência, foi com desilusão que assisti aos destroços da passagem das ovelhas que arranjaram forma de entrar na zona vedada. Talvez, simplesmente saltando de um socalco que me parecia alto demais para tal.
A minha próxima ausência coincidiria com o fogo no Andanças e perda do carro que alongaria o período de forma aos feijoeiros não terem qualquer chance.
Aparetemente só existem dois caminhos estreitos para lá chegar, e nestes, bloqueei a passagem com galhos e silvas que já tinham sido cortadas antes.
À terra, respeitando o princípio da permacultura que não se deve interferir com o solo, apenas arranquei a erva e delineei as camas com madeiras velhas que estavam na cave. As sementes, um mix que tinha vindo a coleccionar.
Resultado
Passados uns dias, depois de uma das minha ausências, foi com felicidade que encontrei parte dos feijoeiros bem verdinhos a erguerem-se por entre as ervas secas que cobriam a terra. Passada nova ausência, foi com desilusão que assisti aos destroços da passagem das ovelhas que arranjaram forma de entrar na zona vedada. Talvez, simplesmente saltando de um socalco que me parecia alto demais para tal.
A minha próxima ausência coincidiria com o fogo no Andanças e perda do carro que alongaria o período de forma aos feijoeiros não terem qualquer chance.
Melhorias
Manter as ovelhas em espaço limitado (como estão presentemente). E estar por perto. Acompanhar.
Custo
0€
Sucesso
★☆☆☆☆
It was time to grow a vegetable. The beans choice wasn't only influenced by the season but for being a soil improver and a reasonably easy cultivation. I still remember germinating beans in a bottle with cotton as a kid.
Making
The choice of the spot had to meet three conditions: sheltered from wind and animals (to minimize the fence to be made), with good sun exposure and naturally with some moisture in the soil to allow my absences for a few days. The most obvious site with these conditions is a small glade below the tank where the water leaking from it infiltrates into the soil. Site with spontaneous peppermint.
There are only two narrow paths to get there, and in these, I blocked the passage with branches and brambles that had already been cut before.
To the soil, and respecting the principle of permaculture that we should not interfere with the soil, I just ripped the grass and delineated the beds with old wood boards that were in the basement. The seeds, a mix I had been collecting.
Result
A few days later, after one of my absences, it was happily that I found some of the baby green bean plants rising among the mulch that covered the land. After a new absence, it was with disillusionment that I witnessed the wreckage of the passage of the sheep that found a way to enter in the fenced area. Maybe, just jumping off a terrace that seemed too tall for me.
My next absence would coincide with the fire in Andanças and loss of the car, that would extend the period so that the beans didn't have any chance.
Improvements
Keep the sheep in a limited space (as they are presently). And to be around. Present.
Cost
0€
Success
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| A clareira - The glade |
It was time to grow a vegetable. The beans choice wasn't only influenced by the season but for being a soil improver and a reasonably easy cultivation. I still remember germinating beans in a bottle with cotton as a kid.
Making
The choice of the spot had to meet three conditions: sheltered from wind and animals (to minimize the fence to be made), with good sun exposure and naturally with some moisture in the soil to allow my absences for a few days. The most obvious site with these conditions is a small glade below the tank where the water leaking from it infiltrates into the soil. Site with spontaneous peppermint.
There are only two narrow paths to get there, and in these, I blocked the passage with branches and brambles that had already been cut before.
To the soil, and respecting the principle of permaculture that we should not interfere with the soil, I just ripped the grass and delineated the beds with old wood boards that were in the basement. The seeds, a mix I had been collecting.
Result
A few days later, after one of my absences, it was happily that I found some of the baby green bean plants rising among the mulch that covered the land. After a new absence, it was with disillusionment that I witnessed the wreckage of the passage of the sheep that found a way to enter in the fenced area. Maybe, just jumping off a terrace that seemed too tall for me.
My next absence would coincide with the fire in Andanças and loss of the car, that would extend the period so that the beans didn't have any chance.
Improvements
Keep the sheep in a limited space (as they are presently). And to be around. Present.
Cost
0€
Success
★☆☆☆☆
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