PDC Homework 1.3 Farm Relationships

Legend

A - Composting toilet provides fertilizer for orchard trees and plants

   - Trees provide food, apothecary, and oxygen for animals and humans

   - Trees provide leaf mulch for composting toilet

B - Orchard trees and plants provide food, apothecary, and oxygen for animals and humans

   - Horses fertilize ground and provide transportation of food to root cellar and family house

   - Humans harvest the produce from the orchard and load on cart for animals to take to root cellar/house.

C - Beehive – bees get pollen from the orchard.

- Orchard is pollinated by the bees.

D - Family house uses the honey

   - Horse and cart transport to house fertilizing ground as they go.

E - Border trees and vegetation provide oxygen, grazing and shade for animals (goats, sheep, cows, horses)

   - Border trees function as wind and sound barrier

   - Animals fertilize border trees and vegetation

F Grain is transported in horse and cart to the family house

G - Horse and cart transport harvests from orchard to root cellar and family house

   - Horses fertilize ground as they transport and graze while cart is loaded.

H Border trees provide oxygen and firewood if needed for the family home and food/apothecary

I - Horse and cart take grains to chickens

  - Horses are exercised and fertilize the ground as they transport.

J - Vegetable and fruit scraps from the family house are fed to the chickens 

  - Chickens provide eggs and meat to the family house

K- Playground provides recreation for the family and exercise

  - Family is regenerated and works better in house and on farm

L- Manure from chickens used to fertilize garden area

  - Some of the garden produce goes to feed the chickens

M - People from family house tend the garden

  - Produce from garden goes to family house

N - People from family house get fish from pond

   - Fishing from the pond reduced overpopulation and associated problems

O - Trees provide oxygen, shade, and food/apothecary for people and animals

   - Trees reduce the evaporation rate of the pond

   - Trees create a micro-climate for specific plants and wildlife

P - People from family house exercise the horses

   - Horses provide recreation, exercise, and transportation for the people.

Q - People from family house work in the garden

   - Garden provides food for the people.

R The well provides water for the people in the house, and they maintain and pump water from well

S Well provides irrigation for the grain crops and gardens

T - Well provides water for the animals

   - Horses transport water to other gardens and orchard as required.

U - Livestock graze and fertilize field and provide manure for adjacent grain crops

- Grain crops provide feed for the animals

V Horse and cart transport grain to barn to store for animals

W - Trees provide oxygen, shade, and food for the animals

    - Animals provide fertilizer for trees