Logo primary
Logo secondary
Emil Hasanov 's Profile
Emil Hasanov
Details
Joined:
02/05/2014
Last Updated:
04/05/2014
Location:
Baku, Azerbaijan
Climate Zone:
Semi Arid
Gender:
Male
Web site:
www.ecosystem.design





My Projects

(projects i'm involved in)

Balcony Garden

Balcony Garden

Baku, AZ


Projects

(projects i'm following)

Klien Karoo Sustainable Dryland Permaculture Project
Followers
Azman Abdul Jalal david spicer Olof Jönnerstig Ruben Lopez Şahin Beygu TOLGA ŞAHANSOY Tural Mammadov
Following
Azman Abdul Jalal Geoff Lawton Olof Jönnerstig

Back to Emil Hasanov's profile

Demo Site in Baku, June 2016 update

Posted by Emil Hasanov over 8 years ago

Update from keyhole garden at our Demo Site in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Hi, Everyone!

AsSalam Aleykum! I would like to share first small victory. Being the only Permaculture consultant in Azerbaijan I frequently face lack of understanding and scepticism from people who never heard of Permaculture. 

This spring we started a keyhole garden at our "demo site". The way I built it was like this - sheet mulch on the bottom, then a bit of rotten wood, horse manure (about 20cm thick), and equal amount of dark soil on top of manure. Hay mulch on top of soil was added. I planted four plants of tomatoes, two aubergines, been plant ("lobya" in Azerbaijani), couple of watermelons and melons. 

When I was building this, I know my neighbours were smiling. A lot of times, when I share Permaculture techniques with them, they immediately and openly conclude that these things will not work HERE. They say that these methods might work OVER THERE, but not here.

So, after I planted tomatoes when the plants were about 10-15 cm tall, they were badly infested by aphids. I was immediately given advice from well-meaning neighbours to spray the plants with chemicals. I said, well, if the aphids kill tomatoes, so be it. I don't care. This is an experiment. I want to see if aphids kill tomatoes. I only watered the plants and continued to do nothing else.

Since I travel quite a bit, I asked one of my neighbours to water our garden while we were away in June. When I came back to check the site out, I couldn’t believe my eyes. The tomatoes grew so rampantly that they overflowed outside the keyhole garden bed. I did not think about stakes, partly because I was convinced that they are not going to make it.

When the neighbour walked by he stopped to speak to me, later that day he admitted that he is impressed with the results. I couldn't believe what I heard. He actually admitted that this method worked beyond his expectations. I asked him if his tomatoes are as good as mines, he said he never seen such growth and such productivity and what made him even more excited is that he knew I did not use any chemicals and labour.

 

Comments (0)

You must be logged in to comment.

My Badges
Consultant Aid worker
My Permaculture Qualifications
Pri verified
Geoff Lawton Online PDC Course
Type: Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course
Teacher: Geoff Lawton
Location: Online
Date: Mar 2014
Other course verified
Geoff Lawton Online Earthworks
Type: Geoff Lawton Online Earthworks
Teacher: Geoff Lawton
Location: Online
Date: Mar 2014

Report Emil Hasanov

Reason:

or cancel

Hide Emil Hasanov

Reason:

or cancel

Hide Demo Site in Baku, June 2016 update

Reason:

or cancel

Report Demo Site in Baku, June 2016 update

Reason:

or cancel