John Watt

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Thanks for all this inputs guys,

at the moment I am too busy at work, so I can't spend much time at the land, I'll keep you updated.
11 years ago
Thanks for all the replies.
These suggestions about nut trees clinging to rocks, vining plants and rope ladders are simply genial ideas that could give this land
a chance to bring some yields. Thanks for this thinking out of the box, guys.
I was considering the possibility of building, starting from the bottom of the mountain, some kind of raised beds framed by stones.
I could design them in a way that they would work as huge steps, that would connect the bottom of the cliffs to the higher levels.
Let's say I make each bed 1-2 meters tall, and I strategically locate them, maybe I'll have a chance to link the mountain altogether and plant the beds as terraces.

Is it just sci fi or someone did it before?

Thanks again for sharing ideas
11 years ago
Thanks for all the replies guys.

John Elliott, the only tribes I could conquer around the area, are sheep and goats,
they're very stubborn, even as slaves they won't cooperate .

Jen Shrock, I like the idea of interplanting something useful there, the access to the area could be provided buy
some sort of steps, built using rocks maybe, but that's very challenging to be done, especially when I'll need to link the tallest
walls of rock that you can see from the picture.

Jennifer, thanks for the link, that's what I need, some ideas on how to deal with crazy landscapes like mine. I'd like to plant some
fruit tree and berry bushes on the mountain. I am looking for someone who managed to do this using terracing and raised beds on steep
rocks, exempt for the Inca . I'll be glad to receive any source of information or thought on this.

THANKS
11 years ago

Hi Jennifer,

exactly, I wonder if I could terrace the cliffs on the picture, maybe with very narrow terraces?
Why do you think it is not doable?

Thanks for your answer
11 years ago
Hi everybody. Would be possible to terrace a steep rocky soil like this?
It rains a lot in there, the soil is shallow and there are many rocky outcrops.
I am melting my brains trying to find out the most efficient and DIY way to gain extra space out of the cliffs and build good soil on this plot of land.

Thanks to all of you.

11 years ago