Having experimented with polycultures for almost a decade now with some very encouraging results, we are curious to learn how this approach to cultivating crops compares to conventional methods, specifically in terms of time and energy expenditure, the yields harvested and associated biodiversity. Surprisingly, little data exists for polycultures, so we started to gather our own. We are currently working on building data sets to present along with our models that aim to provide healthy and nutritious food while promoting increased biological diversity in the growing environment. Our Studies are currently carried out in two plots, a garden scale plot of 66m2 and a market garden scale plot of 2000 m2. Since 2017 we have been working on the development of a new garden where we will conduct research trials that focus more intently on perennial polycultures.
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Feedback is very welcome so please let us know if you can see room for improvements in our study.
Feedback is very welcome so please let us know if you can see room for improvements in our study.
Perennial Polycultures
From 2017 we have been developing a garden for a study of three perennial polycultures using 1000 - 1500m plots of land that we have recently acquired on the east side of Shipka. Click here for more information.
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Examples of our Perennial Polycultures
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