• Rejuvenate soils, • Harvest water, • Develop life-friendly microclimates, • Allow agroforestry and increase yields, • Enhance biodiversity,
• Etc.
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Trees are so important for so many reasons. They play an active role in the water cycle, in protecting and building soils, in hosting and enhancing biodiversity, in sequestering carbon, in providing biomass and so much more. The impacts of deforestation are well-documented: erosion, soil salination, soil acidification, desertification… which lead to water scarcity, famine, conflicts, migrations… Even though most of the permanent cultures and tribes revered trees as brothers and sisters “modernity” and “progress” encouraged and keeps on supporting forest clearing (facts not debated here).
Our solution and its expectable benefits
Plant trees to:
- Rejuvenate soils,
- Harvest water,
- Develop life-friendly microclimates,
- Allow agroforestry and increase yields,
- Enhance biodiversity,
- Etc.
Materials
- Parts:
- Not Applicable;
- Consumables:
- If available, soil, compost and/or manure (e.g. topsoil from other grown trees),
- Water,
- Mulching material (corn stalks, rice hulls, hay, straw, dry leaves, Chopped Rameal Wood (CRW, a.k.a. “Bois Raméal Fragmenté” (BRF)) …);
Tools
- Tools (see FAQ & Troubleshooting? For other alternatives):
- (1) Spade / shovel,
- (1) Bucket,
- (1) Wheelbarrow (eventually),
- (1) Water can (eventually);
Step 1 - Preliminary requirements
- Define the plantation zone,
- Make sure that your sapling is ready for transplantation,
- Make sure that weather conditions will be favorable for the young tree to grow (avoid dry season peak),
- If applicable, build your clay-pot irrigation system ,
- If applicable, build your bottle-irrigation system.
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