Bill Mollison mentions in his Permaculture Designer’s Manual how the romantic literature on the easy tropical life doesnt mention ” the constant battle with rampant growth that is an everyday experience at Latitudes 0-25′ ” . The rapid life, death and decay cycle in the tropics is very evident in our kitchen garden. We planted…

With very thin top soil layer, the tropics are prone to big soil erosion problem when the vegetation in the form of trees, shrubs and grasses are taken off. On our site in Malaysia we have few terraces that have been mismanaged and erosion was causing the soil to be deposited in the ponds and…