Jamaican Till I Die!

The Two Categories of the Tree Layer in a Food Forest  The understory – Smaller trees and larger shrubs such as apples, plums, cherries, peas, Cacao, Coffee etc.  The canopy layer – Taller trees that rise above the understory like Mango, breadfruit, ackee, tamarind, coconut etc.   Please note is not trying to get rid of water from the property but trying his very best to control and retain water. Yes the excess will have to go eventually but water should always be on the property.   How do we deal with mosquitoes with so much standing water? Mosquitoes do breed in water, but the larvae have to wriggle up and down to get air at the surface. That makes them perfect fish food. They won’t survive where fish is in water. The ideal spot for mosquitoes is too small for fish, something more like a muddy hoof print or little saucers under plant pots. Deal with those small bodies of water and the mosquito population will be greatly reduced. You can also design in o...

This document was for my eyes only, putting my ideas on paper. Outlining my plans for the future, the retirement years. But I decided to share it. Several of my friends and I discussed the possibility of forming a living cooperative alliance in the form of an Isolated, Secure, Remote, and Sustainable Homestead. This is a work in progress and will change over time. I started this document when a real estate agent asked me to write down what I was looking for, where and why, so she could finetune her search parameters. My friends also needed a better understanding of my intentions, to decide if this lifestyle was something they wanted to get involved with. One objective of Permaculture is to design labour out of the process of farming and if we can design labour out of farming then conceptually, we can also design the need for money out of living. A closed loop sustainable system and a change in lifestyle, redefining what makes us happy and content, should allow us to achieve objective...