Spectrum Turkey, Turkey
Spectrum Turkey is a Yoga and Healing retreat centre located in Dalyan, Turkey. They offer yoga and healing retreats from April to November each year, hosting teachers and their students from all over Europe.
About the project
After I’d co-hosted a couple of Yoga and Ayurveda retreats at Spectrum Turkey, the centre’s owners ]oanne and Tom were keen to learn more about Permaculture. They wanted to know what systems they could introduce to help them produce more of their own food and make better use of their kitchen and garden waste. In particular, they were wanted solutions that were easy to implement and maintain.
I was keen to find a variety of solutions that were specific to their property, multifunctional in benefit, didn’t create to much additional work for existing staff, and worked well not only when the centre was full, but also during the months when less guests were flowing through and kitchen waste was being produced.
What we did
We put in 2 longer term composting systems —one was this banana circle, a slow composting system for garden waste, which allowed Spectrum Turkey to grow more of their own bananas, companioned with turmeric and ginger, which they used a lot of in their guest menu. This composting system provides fertile growing area around the edge and needs little maintenance
The second was a chicken composting system for kitchen waste, which increased quality of eggs and reduced the need to buy chicken feed
We introduced a worm farm for kitchen scraps, located directly in the growing beds to enhance fertility of the soil...
...As well as worm tunnels, also located directly in the kitchen herb garden
We prepared mulch to increase the fertility and bio mass of an existing barren ground to help develop a new growing area
The results
Increased the soil fertility and production of existing organic garden.
Increased the variety, quality and yield of the food grown in their gardens, which helped save money and reduce their carbon footprint.
Enhanced the beauty of the property, which helped enhance guest experience
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