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Tropical Mountain Garden

Tortola is in the British Virgin Islands archipelago. Funding from GREEN VI enabled my trip to the Caribbean https://greenvi.org They had organised a brilliant itinerary where I met the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr Karl Dawson and the Minister for Health. The government and greenvi want to compost more wastes. I gave talks and taught groups of children. My hosts were the Dick-Read family at Good Moon Farm on Turnbull Estate. It's an organic farm and going to no dig, after a lot of soil moving to create terraces on the steep. steep land. https://www.goodmoonfarm.com [email protected] 00:00 Introduction 01:42 Aragorn describes how the land was 20 years ago when he bought it, and how they created the terraces with help from the local Kalinago 02:48 The fertility of the soil, and how they’ve learnt to make compost 04:15 System of bringing new ground into production, starting with sunn hemp Crotalaria juncaea as cover crop, then laying plastic 05:15 Perennial weed - nut grass 05:39 Cassava, how to make bread with it 06:17 Last stages of creating new beds after removing plastic - adding compost, and wood chip on paths 08:00 Method for keeping edges tidy 00:28 A look at the terrace walls, Aragorn explains how they were made 09:40 A home for rats and crickets 10:15 Cassava ready to harvest 11:33 A leaf plant - Tokyo Bekana, an Asian green, and arugula 11:54 Interplanting and a method of pest control with scallions 12:52 Eggplants and pumpkin, and nutgrass on beds - my advice 14:42 Spacing of beds and pathways 15:11 Malabar spinach, and wild pigeons 15:48 Another root crop - toloman 16:28 A wilder area of the farm, a watercourse, with many flowers 17:23 Ginger, turmeric, and sweet potato 17:41 Fruit trees - soursop and avocado 18:10 Propagation in the nursery - different module trays, and potting compost 19:29 Shade from a breadfruit tree 19:53 More fruit trees - soursop, mango, coconut, pomegranate - and coffee and calabash trees 20:58 The composting area — hot to get the balance of green and brown, and method for turning 21:51 A closer look at one of the compost bays, and the temperature 23:40 A homemade trommel 24:31 Outro Filmed and edited by Ceiba Dick-Read on 7th February 2025 - in midwinter! You can join this channel by paying a monthly fee, to support our work with helping gardeners grow better, and to receive monthly videos made only for members:    / @charlesdowding1nodig