#fruitwalls — Public Fediverse posts

@eldersea
A fascinating read, full of ingenuity, notably in response to the Little Ice Age, but lots we could adapt. 🙏🏻 It appears there were some unexpected benefits:

“Peach Walls in Paris
“Initially, fruit walls appeared in the gardens of the rich and powerful, such as in the palace of Versailles. However, some French regions later developed an urban farming industry based on fruit walls. The most spectacular example was Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, where peaches were grown on a massive scale.

“Established during the seventeenth century, Montreuil had more than 600 km fruit walls in the 1870s, when the industry reached its peak. The 300 hectare maze of jumbled up walls was so confusing for outsiders that the Prussian army went around Montreuil during the siege of Paris in 1870.“

#fruitWalls #retroMediterraneanFruitGrowing #peachWallsInParis #urbanFarming

@kim_harding

@eldersea
A fascinating read, full of ingenuity, notably in response to the Little Ice Age, but lots we could adapt. 🙏🏻 It appears there were some unexpected benefits:

“Peach Walls in Paris
“Initially, fruit walls appeared in the gardens of the rich and powerful, such as in the palace of Versailles. However, some French regions later developed an urban farming industry based on fruit walls. The most spectacular example was Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, where peaches were grown on a massive scale.

“Established during the seventeenth century, Montreuil had more than 600 km fruit walls in the 1870s, when the industry reached its peak. The 300 hectare maze of jumbled up walls was so confusing for outsiders that the Prussian army went around Montreuil during the siege of Paris in 1870.“

#fruitWalls #retroMediterraneanFruitGrowing #peachWallsInParis #urbanFarming

@kim_harding

@eldersea
A fascinating read, full of ingenuity, notably in response to the Little Ice Age, but lots we could adapt. 🙏🏻 It appears there were some unexpected benefits:

“Peach Walls in Paris
“Initially, fruit walls appeared in the gardens of the rich and powerful, such as in the palace of Versailles. However, some French regions later developed an urban farming industry based on fruit walls. The most spectacular example was Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, where peaches were grown on a massive scale.

“Established during the seventeenth century, Montreuil had more than 600 km fruit walls in the 1870s, when the industry reached its peak. The 300 hectare maze of jumbled up walls was so confusing for outsiders that the Prussian army went around Montreuil during the siege of Paris in 1870.“

#fruitWalls #retroMediterraneanFruitGrowing #peachWallsInParis #urbanFarming

@kim_harding

@eldersea
A fascinating read, full of ingenuity, notably in response to the Little Ice Age, but lots we could adapt. 🙏🏻 It appears there were some unexpected benefits:

“Peach Walls in Paris
“Initially, fruit walls appeared in the gardens of the rich and powerful, such as in the palace of Versailles. However, some French regions later developed an urban farming industry based on fruit walls. The most spectacular example was Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, where peaches were grown on a massive scale.

“Established during the seventeenth century, Montreuil had more than 600 km fruit walls in the 1870s, when the industry reached its peak. The 300 hectare maze of jumbled up walls was so confusing for outsiders that the Prussian army went around Montreuil during the siege of Paris in 1870.“

#fruitWalls #retroMediterraneanFruitGrowing #peachWallsInParis #urbanFarming

@kim_harding

@MichelPatrice I have NOT read that one! TY! (I love Low-Tech Magazine). I've posted about #FruitWalls before for #SolarPunkSunday.

@MichelPatrice I have NOT read that one! TY! (I love Low-Tech Magazine). I've posted about #FruitWalls before for #SolarPunkSunday.

@MichelPatrice I have NOT read that one! TY! (I love Low-Tech Magazine). I've posted about #FruitWalls before for #SolarPunkSunday.

@MichelPatrice I have NOT read that one! TY! (I love Low-Tech Magazine). I've posted about #FruitWalls before for #SolarPunkSunday.

Love this story! What a great idea -- #FruitWalls!

[Photos] Restored #FruitWall in the #Netherlands

November 2, 2022 by kris de decker via #NoTechMagazine

"Melle Smets, Dutch artist and our collaborator at the Human Power Plant, stumbled upon this beautiful fruit wall in #Dorrepaal, the Netherlands. By planting fruit trees close to a specially built wall with high thermal mass and #SouthernExposure, a #microclimate is created that allows the cultivation of #Mediterranean fruits in #TemperateClimates. Previously: Fruit walls: urban farming in the 1600s."

https://www.notechmagazine.com/2022/11/restored-fruit-wall-in-the-netherlands.html

#SolarPunkSunday #UrbanFarming #GardeningForClimateChange #GrowYourOwnFood #RestorativeAgriculture #Gardening #LowTech

Love this story! What a great idea -- #FruitWalls!

[Photos] Restored #FruitWall in the #Netherlands

November 2, 2022 by kris de decker via #NoTechMagazine

"Melle Smets, Dutch artist and our collaborator at the Human Power Plant, stumbled upon this beautiful fruit wall in #Dorrepaal, the Netherlands. By planting fruit trees close to a specially built wall with high thermal mass and #SouthernExposure, a #microclimate is created that allows the cultivation of #Mediterranean fruits in #TemperateClimates. Previously: Fruit walls: urban farming in the 1600s."

https://www.notechmagazine.com/2022/11/restored-fruit-wall-in-the-netherlands.html

#SolarPunkSunday #UrbanFarming #GardeningForClimateChange #GrowYourOwnFood #RestorativeAgriculture #Gardening #LowTech

Love this story! What a great idea -- #FruitWalls!

[Photos] Restored #FruitWall in the #Netherlands

November 2, 2022 by kris de decker via #NoTechMagazine

"Melle Smets, Dutch artist and our collaborator at the Human Power Plant, stumbled upon this beautiful fruit wall in #Dorrepaal, the Netherlands. By planting fruit trees close to a specially built wall with high thermal mass and #SouthernExposure, a #microclimate is created that allows the cultivation of #Mediterranean fruits in #TemperateClimates. Previously: Fruit walls: urban farming in the 1600s."

https://www.notechmagazine.com/2022/11/restored-fruit-wall-in-the-netherlands.html

#SolarPunkSunday #UrbanFarming #GardeningForClimateChange #GrowYourOwnFood #RestorativeAgriculture #Gardening #LowTech

Love this story! What a great idea -- #FruitWalls!

[Photos] Restored #FruitWall in the #Netherlands

November 2, 2022 by kris de decker via #NoTechMagazine

"Melle Smets, Dutch artist and our collaborator at the Human Power Plant, stumbled upon this beautiful fruit wall in #Dorrepaal, the Netherlands. By planting fruit trees close to a specially built wall with high thermal mass and #SouthernExposure, a #microclimate is created that allows the cultivation of #Mediterranean fruits in #TemperateClimates. Previously: Fruit walls: urban farming in the 1600s."

https://www.notechmagazine.com/2022/11/restored-fruit-wall-in-the-netherlands.html

#SolarPunkSunday #UrbanFarming #GardeningForClimateChange #GrowYourOwnFood #RestorativeAgriculture #Gardening #LowTech