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As with other things in a #NourishablePlace, when you build things, build them artfully. This is a #GreenShed, with solar collectors forming the roof, tool storage on the left, solar equipment on the right, and a potting shed in the middle with recycling bins below.
The least-impactful creatures you can bring into a #NourishablePlace are fish. Tilapia are particularly well-suited for urban conditions as they love tight quarters and are perfectly content when there are 60 gallons of tilapia in 50 gallons of water.
Chickens can be great in the garden. Roosters? Not so much, because of crowing at dawn. Farmers welcome the cock-crowing as their alarm clocks to start the day in a #NourishablePlace, but don't welcome roosters into the neighborhood.
Goats and pigs may look cute at this age, but they each have behavior issues not well suited to the neighborhoods of a #NourishablePlace, so keep them in the farms outside of town as well.
Animals in a #NourishablePlace must be thoughtfully allocated, often according to scale. Cows, for example, are large enough that they only work in an employing farm or family farm outside of town. But cows have problems, including cow farts, a huge source of methane.
#SmartDwelling I has a blackberry tunnel between the hearth garden & dinner garden. Because this was my first SketchUp model, I didn't have the skills to show the blackberries, just the frame. In #OutdoorRooms of a #NourishablePlace it's important to mark portals between rooms.
Here's a weird one. On #SmartDwelling II, we asked "because people don't often sit there because it's too public, what shall we do with the front yard?" So we planted it with wheat. Not sure how that'll go over but in a #NourishablePlace, experiments are possible.
Consider chickens in your kitchen garden. Yes, they may poach a few peas from time to time, but they earn their keep with worms and bugs. Plus, they're funny. There are actually many amusing things in a #NourishablePlace, which is far more interesting than ordinary subdivisions.
The side yard is often a utilitarian space with utility meters, HVAC equipment & the like so you're unlikely to spend much time there. But your dog may like to run there, so plant fruit trees for fruit & shade for the dog. Double or triple duty is common in a #NourishablePlace.
A green fence is the lighter version of a green wall, with perennials like fruit trees espaliered above & vining annuals like beans & peas trained below. I saw these first in quantity at @Habersham where they're known as the "habershamedge." A handy tool in a #NourishablePlace.
#SmartDwelling I's hearth garden is an outdoor living room. Properly designed, they can be comfortably cool on all but the hottest of weather, and warm late into autumn & early winter & also in early spring. Like most things in a #NourishablePlace, most of the plants are edible.
The footprint of the garden in #SmartDwelling I was actually larger than the footprint of the house, creating more outdoor living space than indoor space. Enticing people outdoors helps them live in season https://t.co/IBOyBBYT8a, creating virtuous cycles in a #NourishablePlace.
The three prime physical elements of a #NourishablePlace are the plants we plant, the animals we keep, and the things we build. They must be arranged in some artful way so that the place will make the entire food experience part of the culture of the place.
Modernism began with the #MachineAesthetic. #LovableEdibleGardens in a #NourishablePlace should begin with the #AgriculturalAesthetic, which is based on things found in gardening: sticks & twine, terra cotta & vines, etc. But use them artfully, not just in a utilitarian way.
We need to learn how to design #EdibleGardens so well that we furnish them so we can sit and enjoy their beauty, just as we would enjoy an ornamental garden. Make gardens as beautiful as a Tuscan landscape, and beloved by all. This is an essential skill in a #NourishablePlace.
The smallest outdoor scale of #LovableEdibleGardens in a #NourishablePlace is the window garden. Because its plants are visible from inside, they entice people to throw the windows open and take in some fresh air as they tend to their plants.
The balcony gardens of New Orleans are famous, and actually help the streets stay cooler with their profusion of foliage, which encourages people to walk and enjoy them in a classic virtuous cycle of a #NourishablePlace.
The wall garden of a #NourishablePlace can be home to any plant that works in an arbor garden, and can support heavier fruit as well, as it's easier to support there. Espaliered fruit trees trained to grow flat against a wall are classic wall garden plants.
Arbor gardens in a #NourishablePlace are home to vining plants that have fruit light enough to hang freely from the vine. Grape vines are the classic arbor plant, but beans, peas, and other light vining vegetables work fine as well.
Roof or terrace gardens in a #NourishablePlace usually come with a view, so they're one of the best types of inhabitable gardens where you may want to spend a lot of time relaxing alone or visiting with friends.
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