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 Agroforestry
Plan
Welcome to our agroforest plan page.
Picture - The access
road to our property.
We are at the beginning of what will be an extensive agroforestry project.
A lot of information is online about the general concepts of agroforesty but few
sites explain the steps required to actually make a project like this work. We
plan to include our successes and our misguided efforts to make it easier for
anyone out there who is thinking of getting involved in this kind of project.
Please read the following information. |
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Agroforestry Plan |
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These are the step by step details of how we plan to tackle our daunting
agroforestry project. Not all of you will necessarily take the same steps but at
least this might serve as a guideline for those of you thinking about getting
involved in a similar project. |
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Purchase the property -
Completed. On July 15, 2021, we closed the Japanese equivalent of escrow.
We are now the owners of this incredible piece of real estate.
Make access easier - In progress. Our property is
accessed via a publicly "maintained" dirt road. The road has become overgrown
and is obviously not being maintained. We already cut many termite infested
trees and shrubs which were overgrown and scratching our truck each time we used
the road. We plan to push the city to once again maintain the road.
Update: The city is not going to maintain the
road. The road was apparently built to facilitate construction of the reservoir
and now is basically unused. This turned out to be good news since now we can
basically do whatever we want to maintain the road.
Establish a parking area -
Completed. We
already found a suitable site for parking directly off the dirt road. We are now
in the process of expanding this area to make it easier to turn our truck
around....the dirt road is not a through road.
Make hiking trails to each of the campsites -
Completed. We already mapped out the locations of the campsites. Now we need to
find them via hiking trails. We already made a trail to campsite #2, AKA Sunrise
Campsite. Update: All campsites of the property
can now be accessed via hiking trails.
Make the campsites usable - In progress. Campsite
#2, AKA Sunrise Campsite, is already in the process of being made ready to use.
Update: The original site where we put in sweet
potato vines is now our campsite and the future site of our log cabin.
Make a hiking trail to Lover's Point -
Completed. A
hiking trail is planned to access our day use area affectionately called Lover's
Point.
Make interior trails - Planned. Make numerous
trails to access all campsites, points of interest, and food production zones.
Remove understory trees - In progress. Remove all
understory trees less than four meters in height or with a trunk diameter of ten
centimeters or less with the exception of the following tree types: hinoki and
sugi. The goal is to increase morning and afternoon filtered sunlight while keeping tall
tree canopies which will provide shade during the hottest hours of the day.
Remove shrubs - In progress. Remove all shrubs to
allow for the planting of edibles.
Remove unhealthy trees - In progress. Remove all
trees that are no longer living, termite infested, or showing excessive damage
from vines.
Make tree choices - Planned. Decide which trees
will provide food and be the best fit for the forest environment from the
standpoint of biodiversity.
Make agriculture choices - Planned. Choose the
best things to grow based on a number of factors including, but not limited to:
topography, sunlight, soil conditions, deer resistance. |
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After you finish reading this page, please consider visiting these
other pages which contain more detailed information about our agroforest. |
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About agroforestry -
general information about agroforestry and how it relates to our specific
project.
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History of our forest
- our forest has a very long and interesting history. Learn how this land
transferred from famous Japanese clans of the past and eventually became the
property of the Hayman clan.
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Agroforest flora
- the beginning of a list of flora found in the forest.
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Agroforest fauna
- the beginning of a list of fauna found in the forest.
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Our mission -
the main goals we are trying to achieve through our agroforestry project.
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Project progress
- an ongoing reverse chronological record of our progress from initial interest
in the property up to the present.
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Agroforest agriculture
- a continuously updated list of things we plan to grow.
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Agroforest camping
- visit one of our 4 planned campsites and Lover's Point.
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Agroforest challenges
- A few of the challenges which need to be met in order for our agroforestry
project to succeed.
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Agroforest products
- a collection of very unique products you can purchase from our agroforest.
100% organic from our forest....a land untouched for thousands of years.
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Agroforest equipment
- a review of work and camping equipment which is contributing to the success of
our project.
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Please consider
becoming a sponsor
- for those of you who believe in our mission, please consider sponsoring
this very important project.
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