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Lungau,
Austria.
For
40 years the Holzers have farmed 45 hectares of mountainside.
Remarkably they produce cereals, vegetables and fruit at altitudes
up to 1500 metres. The key to their success? ...permaculture
- farming in harmony with nature. Unlike monoculture, it produces
healthy crops, free of chemical residues. But at the same
time it enriches the soil - naturally.
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Video: (30 minutes)
The practice of replanting the Austrian mountainsides with pine seedlings
has resulted in an unhealthy forest monoculture. Sepp Holzer has transformed
his own steep mountainside into a fertile farm of ponds, trees, raised
beds and terraces that is productive year-round. In this video you'll
see pasture land converted into a blossoming terrace, within a few
weeks. There is a lot of good information here as to how to create
a garden or farm that essentially takes care of itself, after you
first do the work of setting it up.
Sepp Holzer's
childhood dream has been realised. His Krameterhof has become a Garden
of Eden. A garden whose inhabitants, animal and vegetable, are like
a team – his team, supporting each other.
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