Parito Cozy

It depends on what kind of cooking you want.

The parabolic dishes have very high temperatures - good for sauteing, etc

For "oven" style dishes use box designs.

Thanks Steve,

Appreciate your advice. I guess I will start with seeds from ebay and pot growing at home, and then moving them outside into the desert.

Now that I've seen plenty of permaculture videos I am really convinced islands like Fuerteventura could be reforested. There is not a lot of rain at all here, just 97mm per year (300 mm in Tenerife). I am sure there's more water up the mountains it's just all of it runs off quickly into the ocean, and you can see HUGE trenches (not sure what is the actual name for those) 5-6 meters deep going all the way to the coast.

I assume figs are able to thrive in this climate, now that you suggest it? Should I look for a particular variety or just any fig seeds? I have very limited experience (growing some herbs, tomatoes) but would love to learn more about trees.

Par

Hey,

I would love try doing something like this on Fuerteventura. It's a desert island, stones, rock, mountains.

Three questions:

1. Where do I get the seeds ? Appearently seeds from supermarket fruits do not work?
2. Goats. They roam everywhere, I am wondering if it's not a waste of time, because the goats will just destroy anything above the ground?
3. Location - I was thinking of places along the trenches made by run-off water from the mountains?