I’m planting a long stretch of live fence as a demarcation line that also serves as my fodder crop for goats and poultry. They are made up of currently moringa and leucaena (every 5 moringa at 1 feet apart punctuated by a leucaena). I would later add to the mix: gliricidia and a number of other leguminous trees/shrubs.
At the base of this fence would be planted napier and other high protein fodder vegetation. Lemon grass would be good too. Locating these along the road helps in harvest, loading and transport. The leguminous component of this setup fertilizes the ground and offers a chop-drop approach to mulching the entire terrace downhill.
This is actually a section of the land which is technically a reserved road and doesn’t come under the farm. However, since my land is right next to it and the very nature of its geographic location will not lend itself to any form of development anytime soon, I’m assuming ownership of it. This area, though hilly, would be a key location for the planting of various fodder crops for goats. Even though there would not be any valuable human crops grown here (minimal perhaps), I would still need some security and boundary to deter intruders, hence the live fence as an inexpensive option.
There’s also another longer section of live fence to be planted on a really steep hill bordering an illegal squatter. This would be another huge undertaking to be covered in another post.
