tyler durden

thanks for all the replies - lots of food for thought!


the land is about 700 meters inland so i dont think salty soil is really an issue...that part of the world has on average 300 days of sunshine/ year and NASA has also done a study reporting that the air is the cleanest on the planet (after antarctica)......

the developer of the site has drilled into the land looking for good quality water to provide to residents of the development and a good source has already been found..... ( its a gated community with 46 plots of land - i bought 2 plots beside each other - a total area of roughly 40meters x 40 meters or 1600m2)

the development wont be finished until the end of 2012, and i wont be ready to build on the land for another 3 years or so........so, what i wanted to do in the meantime was to go over and just spend a few weeks establishing a permaculture garden on the land and just let nature run its course while im away (i have business in europe and asia so i wont be in brazil very often until im ready to build and live there) ........

hey,

i recently bought a 40m x 40m plot of land in coastal Brazil and want to start a permaculture garden.....but i need your help!!

the location of the land is just north of the equator in a place called Natal.......
the average mean temperature is 26C and the area gets about 55 inches of rainfall / annum  - here's a wikipedia link for more details on the climate.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natal,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte

ive taken a few pictures of the wild/natural state of the land and soil as it is now......amongst the fruit trees native to the region that grow wild are:

coconut palm, acerola, acai, paw paw, cashew and caja fruit ......... i would like to grow all of these........

i would also like to grow things like citrus, mango, avocado and passionfruit......

here's links to pictures of the land and soil.......


https://picasaweb.google.com/dr.demodex/Mar92011#5584517417599147954
https://picasaweb.google.com/dr.demodex/Mar92011#5584517559104416466
https://picasaweb.google.com/dr.demodex/Mar92011#5584517729738720274

so, basically, what do i do???! do i need to do anything with the sandy soil? blanket cover the whole plot in nitrogen fixing legumes first? or is it fine the way it is, because the fruit that i want to grow does well in this climate and sandy soil?


any suggestions and help is greatly appreciated!!

cheers