Taromak 達魯瑪克

Hualian 花蓮

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

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books displayed at Taromok PDC to consider buying for permaculture design
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village chief's reminders
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village chief's residence surroundings
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nearby planting fields
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inside of village chief's "liang-ting"
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village chief's house showing trophies of local teams/sons
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Walk around the village
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Use of drink cartons as mulch?
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village main street
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aquaculture operation (fish farming)
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Jackfruit tree 波羅蜜 Artocarpus heterophyllus or A. heterophylla
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Crested Goshawk
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panorama
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How many generations of millet seed saving?
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panorama
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Keyword: fruit
Dates: 2011:02:18 - 2011:02:20