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What's with the name?
From Wiktionary: alō (present infinitive alere, perfect active aluī, supine altum or alitum); third conjugation
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- I foster, I nourish
- I raise (as a child, an animal, etc.)
- I feed, I maintain, I develop
Alo Land Strategy Summary
Alo Land is a regenerative initiative by us - Petru and Inês. We are former tech professionals who moved to Portugal with our two children. We currently manage a 1-hectare plot with a food forest and own an additional 2.5-hectare undeveloped plot nearby.
Vision and Goals
- Land restoration using regenerative practices
- Supporting holistic well-being (physical, emotional, spiritual)
- Cultivating eight forms of capital (financial, material, living, social, intellectual, experiential, spiritual, cultural)
- Building community resilience
Current Challenges
- Overwhelming workload maintaining the food forest
- Potential for more social connections, particularly for the adults
- Gaps in food production despite potential
- Restrictions on travel due to land care responsibilities
Strategic Approach
The family has shifted to an incremental growth strategy that focuses on:
- Leveraging existing resources and activities
- Attracting people to the land (as participants or volunteers)
- Creating a volunteer pipeline
- Thoughtful development of their 2.5-hectare plot
From our visual diary...
The new duck coop is ready for business.
The new duck coop is ready for business.The ducks were very reluctant to enter. It took a lot of herding and prodding, and they kept flying away. We had to catch a couple of them and put them in by hand. The very last one ended up entering the old coop after she...
Cleaning along the edges of a #zone2 strip so that the tall vegetation doesn’t short the electric fence to the ground.
Cleaning along the edges of a strip so that the tall vegetation doesn't short the electric fence to the ground.
Cleaning an overgrown section of the east swale berm.
Cleaning an overgrown section of the east swale berm.Unfortunately ended up touching and tearing apart an irrigation valve control cable. We left them aboveground to make the install easier, but at least those in areas visited by the brush cutter will have to be...
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