Shoufeng 壽豐 south of Hualien
Entrance to heritage site and surrounding land for potential organic farming project
Original buildings damaged in recent typhoons
old soy sauce making "vats" being reused for graywater treatment system of organic tofu and soy milk making facility
similar plans for other wastewater processing
organic soy milk/tofu maker
Jaliwan
Yiru and our hosts, development planners and hiking trails association meet at local school near project site
The school provides land for nursery projects.
Single, lonely trees struggle to survive
typhoon prone area shows in the palm trees
ground cover legume
puny patch of azaleas barely visible
squash or melon on the loose
rocks used in design
more azaleas on poor soil behind the train station
train station (hardly used) serves as a community center of sorts
stories of locals
more stories
front of the Dafu train station; Dafu was a company town of people working in the sugar cane industry.
looking left from the front of the train station
Beautified area of main street
monoculture afforestation
different tree species in monoculture afforestation project
These trees are not doing well. Probably not adapted to wind and may do better in stacked polyculture.
Drive riverbed, even though rains have recently fallen.
Taiwan Sugar land being readied for development.
Unfortunately, the nice top soil isn't being carefully preserved.
Proposed conceptual plan for the site.
What the area looked like before clearing.
More clearing and earthworks to create artificial ponds
previously used waterworks for sugar cane growing
for landscaping?
Very straight road
Previous building structures from TaiSugar days
itinerant vegetable gardening
earthworks and artificial pond making
Main buildings are
Area not yet cleared connecting to area for our use
Tammy accidentally steps into an illegal gin trap at the site.
gin trap
potential area for our use
overgrown irrigation channel
potential area for our use
area for our use
nearby flood plain
