And those are my mulberries (taken in June). I never plant mulberry trees, birds do the work better! Our task is to recognize small mulberry trees, water them, protect them, until they become huge. #mulberry #forest #garden #photography #nature #mûrier #moro #silkworms #wood #gardening #agroecology

I received a seed from Thailand 15 years ago, and planted it. It gave this tree (6 meters tall now), and I still cannot figure out what it is. Do you have any idea? #trees #identification #photography #nature #garden #gardening #asia #forest #foto #photo #seeds #plants #planting #agroecology

I really wanted to plant apples, and I found this variety of green apples that sprouts close to the sea in a Mediterranean climate. It's an old variety, and it has a very subtle taste... #appletree #trees #farming #photography #garden #gardening #amchit #byblos #permaculture #biodiversity #nature

I also plant okras (picture taken last September). This is how its flower and its fruit look like. I keep my own seeds from year to year. It is a plant that can grow in large pots. #okra #malva #gumbo #photography #flowering #agroforestry #permaculture #gardening #garden #tuin #agroecology #nature

That's how the sky looked over Arbaro de Espero yesterday, at sunset. The aim of Arbaro de Espero is also to inspire others to plant their own Forest of Hope, by gifting them seeds, trees and knowledge. #landscape #photography #garden #gardening #light #beautiful #art #agroforestry #sustainable

This is my 2nd video for you, from another area of Arbaro de Espero, at sunset, showing you how the passion fruit vines search for light in a forest context. The day was particularly cold. #gardening #garden #videos #photography #sky #clouds #nature #amchit #byblos #agriculture #agroecology #art

That's a passion fruit flower seen from below. Passion fruits are a key element of my garden-forest. They are quite productive, and their flowers are a real work of art. Notice the olive tree behind. #flowers #summer #photography #nature #natuur #biodiversity #agroecology #artist #bluesky #photo

I also cultivate capers (picture taken in June). Capers perfectly sprout in rocky fields exposed to the sun and the drought. They don't need watering or care. Just allow birds to sow their seeds! #caper #gardening #photography #permaculture #agroforestry #câpres #capperi #garden #wild #edible

My passion fruit seedlings. I have planted hundreds of them this year. The aim is to increase the density of passion fruit vines in my garden-forest. Every seed gives a plant! #agroforestry #permaculture #photography #passionfruit #amchit #gardening #tuin #giardino #jardinage #agroecology #nature

The new mango leaves are beautiful, close to the sprout of a passion fruit vine climbing on a rope. That's how a permaculture garden in an agroforestry context looks like: biodiverse. #nature #photography #amchit #lebanon #lebanese #peace #ecosystem #gardening #tuin #jardinage #natuur #mangotree

A typical daily harvest in December: mixed salad, lemons, winter passion fruits, hyacinth beans, peppers. Everything is organic. It's an art to get a fresh salad from your garden all year round. #nature #photography #gardening #permaculture #agroforestry #amchit #december #Christmas #jardin #tuin

I also plant cardamom. Its leaves and its seeds are used to flavor dishes and teas. It's of the same family as ginger, but it stays green all year long, and extends with time through root propagation. #cardamome #photography #garden #gardening #nature #biodiversity #light #sunlight #agroecology

I also plant hibiscus, to favor biodiversity and enrich the soil. This one blooms during the winter and looks a bit like a Christmas plant, with its small red flowers! #permaculture #flower #photography #Christmas #Christmastrees #tree #shrubs #garden #gardening #tuin #birds #giardino #natale #noël

I also cultivate stevia, that produces its white flowers during the fall. Stevia is the sugar plant. Its leaves can be eaten raw (they're surprisingly sweet), or boiled into sweet teas! #stevia #flowers #bloom #photography #nature #biodiversity #sky #rebaudiana #perennial #garden #gardening #tuin

Nasturtium is another wild, edible plant that sprouts in Arbaro de Espero. The leaves and the flowers can be used in salads and in soups, and the seeds can be eaten raw or pickled, when they are green. #garden #nasturtium #nature #photography #salads #organic #food #flowers #farming #gardening

Sweet potatoes bloom at the beginning of the winter, when the tubers are ready to be harvested. Their leaves are also edible, used in salads, soups and spring rolls. #sweetpotatoes #photography #landscape #clouds #flowers #amchit #byblos #nature #biodiversity #cooking #springrolls #gardening

That's one of my rose apple (pomarosa) tree in bloom last Spring. Rose apples produce a delicious yellow-pink fruit with the taste of rose. They also serve as a support for my passion fruit vines. #flowers #flower #photography #nature #agriculture #forest #trees #roseapple #biodiversity #gardening

Wild asparagus is a resource that nature freely offers (from Fall to Spring). But you need to recognize it, it's the plant with needles that sting like thorns. They taste even better than regular ones! #biodiversity #wilderness #photography #wildasparagus #garden #gardening #permaculture #jardin

My nettle field last Spring. Nettles are delicious in soups, and they also enrich the soil. They sprout best in partial shade conditions under fir trees. #wild #garden #photography #sunlight #sunset #nettle #cooking #edible #herbs #nature #biodiversity #permaculture #agroforestry #gardening #tuin

My bauhinia trees in bloom, last Spring. Bauhinias play a crucial role in the ecosystem I've built, as they serve of support to my passion fruit vines, while enriching the soil and structuring the landscape. #sunset #photography #flowers #biodiversity #sky #garden #permaculture #organic #gardening

First video introducing a small part of the garden under a light rain. I show you how some of the fruit trees look like in December, and part of my daily salad composed of many types of edible plants. #gardening #agroforestry #video #agroecology #permaculture #photography #amchit #byblos #nature

An incredible thing happened this Fall. Some of my passion fruit vines started producing a second crop. They reached to the top of the trees they climb into, receiving more sunlight while being protected from the wind and the cold. #photography #passifloras #agroecology #agroforestry #farm #fruits

Typical harvests from last summer. Squashes, mangoes and passion fruits. I plant squashes in hügelkultur raised beds and their growth is really impressive (despite a dry soil, filled with roots). #permaculture #photography #mango #passiflora #passionfruits #garden #gardening #agroecology #nature

It's the season of sweet potato flowers. Sweet potato is an incredibly useful plant, because its leaves are edible, in salads, and in soups. It covers the ground and can even climb on bushes. It sprouts by slip. #flower #nature #photography #sweetpotato #amchit #byblos #agroecology #biodiversity

Hollyhock is a wild edible plant that grows in Arbaro de Espero. Its flowers can be used to make teas, and its leaves prepared in soups (even though its cousin, wild mallow, has tenderer leaves for that purpose). #flowers #photography #comestible #hibiscus #malvacea #garden #gardening #fleurs #sky

Papaya is another tree that I have integrated in my agroforestry design. It's been rather successful till now, and I've been planting a lot of seeds to expand their number. #permaculture #agroforestry #fruits #photography #papayas #pope #fruit #amchit #lebanon #pace #peace #garden #gardening #tuin

Basil bushes are an essential element of my permaculture design. They protect vegetables from the wind of the sea, attract bees with their flowers, enrich the soil, while providing us with abundant pesto all year long. #agroforestry #sunset #photography #garden #gardening #sustainable #cooking #sky

I've built a system of low-tech dams to transform the canal that crosses the garden into a long basin, where many forms of life thrive (watercress, waterlilies, taro, frogs and toads)... #cat #cats #photography #gardening #land #drinking #aquatic #permaculture #ponds #agroforestry #pets #catlovers

I planted hyacinth beans for the first time, in a hügelkultur raised bed. Two plants lived and thrived, climbing into the nearby banana and bauhinia trees at more than 4 meters height. #garden #photography #gardening #agroforestry #sky #permaculture #nature #sustainable #agriculture #peacebuilding

My loquat trees started flowering. They provide precious flowers for bees at fall, and delicious fruits in April and May. They are an essential part of the design of my permaculture / agroforestry gardens. #november #flower #photography #blooming #photo #nature #ecosystem #sustainable #gardening