2000 yr old food forest FOUND!

[Mad_Man]

I found the 2000 yr old food forest in Morocco Jack mentioned.  It is called 'Paradise Valley' by the locals.

http://www.flashtoonz.com/blog/?p=164

It can be found on Google Earth (or other mapping software) at

30 deg 33 min 15 sec N

9 deg 33 min 53 Sec W

One thing I notice is the patchwork nature of the 'forest'  I pictured large swaths of various trees, not individual blocks.  This permaculture stuff is more complicated that I thought!

[creuzerm]

That is pretty cool!
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe=off&q=30%C2%B033%E2%80%B215.09%E2%80%B3N+9%C2%B033%E2%80%B253.09%E2%80%B3W&ie=UTF8&ll=30.554159,-9.566581&spn=0.004232,0.010986&t=h&z=17 For those who don't want to figure out how to key in the coords.

It almost looks like wooded fencelines for very very small garden plots, doesn't it?

[Mad_Man]

It almost looks like wooded fencelines for very very small garden plots, doesn't it?

That is a good way to describe it.  Makes me want to get a permaculture design guide just to figure out the min/max dimensions of these 'plots'