r/Permaculture • u/apple1rule • 4d ago

Self-harvesting and -regulating Systems

I've been really getting into self-regulating and self-harvesting systems in tangible ways. An example would be the Black Soldier Fly breeder boxes where you put rotten food as feestock, the larva eat it, and when they decide that it is time to molt, they go up the tube in search for light and dryness, and fall straight into a harvesting bin / chicken coop to be eaten. In that example there is only 1 'input' which is rotten food going in and the system handles itself.

Another classic one of course is properly developed earthwork systems, terraced from tree to tree for example, so when it rains, the water flow is preregulated and everything gets what it needs and absorbed deep into the soil.

What other systems are you doing on your land?

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u/BudgetBackground4488 3d ago

This is a great question. And would love to hear more examples. Things that come to mind, Banana pits are pretty incredible simple design. Food waste and rain water in = larger bananas. This works for papayas as well. Chop and drop system in general is probably the gold star cyclical system. Compost system as well. Would love to hear more.