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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Anyone has experience with cultivating and cooking this variety of eggplant, called pea eggplant (solanum torvum) used in southeast Asian cuisine? #permaculture #agroforestry #photography #nature #gardening #garden #tuin #tuinen #organic #healthy #natural #wild #vegetables #food #spices #orchard

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Passion fruits and rose apples have both been the object of my study in trying to design a productive forest. They are complementary, and produce their fruits at the same time. #permaculture #nature #photography #biodiversity #agroforestry #colors #garden #gardening #writer #lebanon #peace #artist

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

My first kiwi vines, planted from seeds last winter (I kept the seeds one month in the fridge before planting them). #nature #photography #kiwis #garden #gardening #green #tuin #tuinen #creative #art #permaculture #agroforestry

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Permaculture is also about cultivating beautiful vegetables that you may not find at the supermarket. Follow my writings on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #radishes #agroforestry #photography #nature #gardening #tuin #tuinen #garden #radis #ravanelli #spring #writer #art #naturephoto

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

My first cucumbers this year, planted in a hugelkultur raised bed in an association with many other cultures (this cucumber vine is climbing in a basil bush for instance). #cucumber #planting #spring #photography #colors #garden #gardening #permaculture #agroforestry #writer #writings #artist

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

16 years ago my father brought me a mango fruit from Thailand. I planted its seed, and now this mango tree is flowering for the first time! #mango #mangos #mangotree #photography #flowers #spring #permaculture #agroforestry #hügelkultur #garden #gardening #photo #naturephoto #amchit #art #beauty

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The growth of my tamarillo plants (also known as tomato trees). It's the first time I try planting them, from seeds. They are not common at all in Lebanon, so it's a real experiment! #nature #garden #gardening #photography #spring #agroforestry #permaculture #farm #farming #nature #naturephoto #art

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

It's the 2nd year I try planting chayote (sechium edule). Last year my vine reached 4 m height but its leaves were constantly eaten by birds. I hope to have more success this year! #chayotes #spring #nature #photography #landscape #agriculture #farming #garden #gardening #photo #beauty #writer

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

The sky above the Forest of Hope, in Amchit, Lebanon. We ask for a Global Peace and a global disarmament, now. All nations of the world should agree to stop producing weapons! #sunset #clouds #colors #photography #nature #photograph #trees #writer #writings #poet #paix #pace #love #photo #landscape

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Radish flowers. When you plant, allow some of your vegetables to flower and produce seeds. In this way, you can collect your own seeds and keep them from one year to another. #flower #Spring #photography #flowering #lebanon #peace #fields #permaculture #garden #gardening #agroforestry #seedsaving

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Our rose-apple trees have started blooming! Their flowers are really spectacular. They also attract bees. They yield their fruits around July. #roseapple #roseapples #photography #flower #spring #nature #roses #apples #flowering #landscape #fleurs #fiori #bloemen #photograph #naturephotography #art

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Nasturtiums have started flowering! They're an excellent option: they need little care, and their leaves, flowers and seeds are edible raw and cooked. #nature #flowers #flower #photography #beauty #landscape #garden #gardening #farm #farming #photograph #naturephoto #capucines #fleurs #peace #words

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

My first radishes this year. I planted them two months ago, in the abandoned family land I'm now tending to. Radish leaves are edible, raw and cooked. #nature #photography #radish #photograph #garden #gardening #photo #tuin #tuinen #amchit #permaculture #agroforestry #lebanon #peace #sustainable

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Arbaro de Espero asks for a worldwide peace and a global disarmament now! The only way to build a sustainable progress is to allow peace to reign all over Earth. #nature #sunset #photography #landscape #allium #whiteflowers #flowers #spring #march #ciboulette #fleurs #meadow #sea #reflections #sun

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

In the sunniest, warmest spots the fava bean pods have started to develop! The seeds, but also the pods are edible. The pods, while green, can be cooked as a vegetable. #permaculture #organic #favas #photography #beans #fèves #fave #garden #gardening #agroforestry #sky #farming #sustainable #nature

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

From the abandoned family land I started taking care of 2 months ago. I built hügelkultur mounds, and dug holes, that became immediately useful, to collect rainwater. #farming #garden #photography #nature #naturephoto #agroforestry #permaculture #agroecology #sustainable #beauty #writer #words

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

A small carob tree that I planted today out there in the wilderness. Planting trees is one of the purest joys in life, from my experience. Have you ever tried to plant your own trees? #nature #photography #green #land #farm #farming #permaculture #agroforestry #forest #writer #writings #naturephoto

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Arbaro de Espero planted and distributed (for free) hundreds of almond seeds this winter. This is the first almond seeds that sprouted, in a recycled bottle-pot. #reforestation #rewilding #nature #photography #almondtrees #amandier #sky #water #winter #february #nonprofit #amchit #gardening #garden

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

One of our rose bushes has started flowering. These roses are very perfumed and used to prepare rose syrups. Permaculture designs include an association of trees, vines, bushes and plants... #roses #blooms #photography #fiori #foto #nature #natuur #tuin #tuinen #garden #gardening #agroforestry

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Happy Valentine's Day! Arbaro de Espero believes in the unicity of love. We believe in the fact that there is one person who complements you in a perfect, ideal way. #love #valentine #happyvalentine #happyvalentines #photography #rainbow #happyvalentinesday #twinsoul #soulmates #romantic #anamcara

The beauty of a rainbow well-illustrates this idea of true love, and reflects the marvel you feel when you are in front of your other half.

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I felt like Prince Verity in the Farseer Trilogy while carving this new hügelkultur raised bed! @robinhobb.bsky.social Despite the cold, the wind, the tiredness and the mud, I did not give up. #agroforestry #garden #photography #agroecology #permaculture #lands #farming #gardening #books #writer

I filled this raised bed with all sorts of wastes from the fields: wood debris, green and dry leaves, weeds, kitchen scraps, covering it all with soil, and planting my seeds there.
I do everything by hand, on my own.

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Many of those trees were planted by my great grandparents. They tell a story of passion for the land. I personally love citrus flowers. They perfume the air in such a way... #nature #flowers #photography #permaculture #agroforestry #citrustrees #citrusflowers #bloom #bloemen #art #writer #words

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

This is the same hügelkultur raised bed that I showed you 12 days ago (the day I built it). Some of the seeds I planted already sprouted thanks to the mild temperatures... #squashes #seedlings #radishes #photography #garden #gardening #nature #agroecology #permaculture #sustainable #ecosystem #tuin

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I've rarely seen so many citrus flower buds all at once. From the abandoned field I've started tending to. Picking their fruits is already a way to help those trees which suffered from the drought. #garden #farming #flowers #photography #nature #gardening #lemon #oranges #creative #permaculture

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I am passionate by planting and I like to do experimentations. Can you notice the small fava bean and green onion sprouting? I planted them close to the sea (in a kind of public space nobody looks at). #gardening #seeds #garden #photography #beach #waves #permaculture #tuin #tuinen #nature #garten

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Fava bean flowers. I like to plant in different places of my land that have different microclimates. The rooftop is exposed to full sunshine, so the plants develop faster there. #flowers #flowering #bloom #photography #bloemen #favabeans #beans #favas #fave #nature #gardening #beauty #art #garden

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I like to go to the fields with all kinds of weather, because the land needs daily care, and also because observing environmental patterns is a way to better understand it and be in harmony with nature. #landscape #cloudy #winter #photography #orchard #amchit #farming #sky #agriculture #sustainable

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

The seeds that I planted three weeks ago in the abandoned family land that I'm tending to have started sprouting! I hope that the weather will be favorable! #agriculture #agroecology #fields #photography #nature #landscape #naturephoto #farming #sustainable #permaculture #agroforestry #dreams

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Showing you my hügelkultur raised bed in a video, and talking! I prefer to write than speak usually, but thought it could be interesting for you to see this land. #agriculture #farming #photography #hugelkultur #farming #garden #gardening #giardinaggio #jardinage #nature #sustainable #tuin

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Wild edible plants are not only delicious and healthy; they can also be beautiful. Do not remove weeds in a mechanical way: among them, there are some treasures, such as the Stellaria media. #chickweed #garden #gardening #planting #photography #flowers #flowering #bloom #star #whiteflower #tuin

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

The new hügelkultur raised bed that I built today in the family land I started to take care of. I planted some summer crop seeds inside even if it's still early, to benefit from rainfall. #agroforestry #agroecology #land #photography #landscape #farming #gardening #nature #sustainable #ecosystems

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

A new rose-apple I planted today in the abandoned family land I started taking care of. I've grown this tree from a seed planted 4 or 5 years ago. #gardening #farming #photography #nature #pomarosa #roseapple #fruits #fruittrees #sky #agroecology #permaculture #ecology #sustainability #treeplanting

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

That's the method I've designed to build hügelkultur raised beds, in Lebanon (but it can be adapted to any other climate), for the purpose of planting summer crop seeds. Try it! #farming #gardening #photography #agroforestry #agroecology #diagram #science #garden #raisedbeds #crops #summercrops

That's one of the most successful methods I've designed to build a Hügelkultur raised bed. While hügelkultur exists, I've adapted it to Lebanon's landscape and climate, to plant summer crops. I however believe that this method can work anywhere, with a few adaptations.
The idea is to plant a lot of summer crop seeds in one (or a few) locations (depending on how many of such hügelkultur raised beds you build). So you concentrate all your seeds and all the water in one (or a few places). However this raised bed provides an extremely rich soil for these seeds, that will grow at a very fast pace, even if they are densely planted.
The idea is to obtain a bountiful harvest even if your water resources are limited, even if the space you cultivate is limited (or shaded by large trees), even if your time is limited. Building one such raised bed is enough to eat many different products from your garden (squashes, melons, cucumbers, okras, tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, but also squash / zucchini flowers, and many sorts of green leaves). My idea would be to propose institutions, schools, etc. to build one such raised bed every year in order to retrieve a lost connection in between the land and us. Watching the development of this kind of raised beds is fascinating I believe, because those are fast-growing plants that change every day (in those ideal growth conditions).
I invite you all to try building such a raised bed, adapting it of course to your local context: if you do not have access to water for example, build it much earlier (January / February), and bury it at a deeper level (so it's no longer a raised bed, visually speaking). Please feel free to ask me all your questions. I can also provide you with more diagrams, illustrations and hand-drawn sketches: https://arbarodeespero.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/how-to-build-a-hugelkultur-raised-bed

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

My new idea to propagate watercress in a land that is not irrigated and only relies on rainfall. Tin boxes without holes, that will allow the plant to colonize the soil around, like micro-ponds. #creative #gardening #photography #land #sustainable #sky #environment #green #amchit #art #agroecology

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

That's Stellaria media (chickweed). It's a delicious wild salad that sprouts in the winter. I was very happy to find stellaria in the abandoned family land I've started to tend to. #agroecology #garden #field #photography #organic #salads #edible #foto #picture #nature #naturephoto #permaculture

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Today, from the family land I started planting. The sun looked like a moon. Don't forget to follow "Save the Netherlands", @red-nederland.bsky.social (that aims to plant a lot of trees). #landscape #nature #fog #photography #sky #horizon #forest #foggy #hazy #clouds #pale #art #artistic #beautiful

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

There is a network of old abandoned canals on the family land I started taking care of. I am trying to transform them in ponds, to collect rainwater, with creative, nearly zero-cost ideas. #water #landscape #photography #garden #gardening #agroforestry #permaculture #agroecology #sustainable #tuin

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Save The Netherlands @red-nederland.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Arbaro de Espero is based in Lebanon. Yet our aims are global. One of those is to plant a lot of trees to mitigate global warming, limiting aridification and saving lowlands from rising seas. #nature #sustainability #regreening #photography #reforestation #land #farm #farming #plants #peace #plants

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Some of you already read this article about peace building and peace making that I wrote, but I thought that this picture where Beirut is visible in the distance, perfectly illustrated it: www.lorientlejour.com/article/1491... #sunset #photography #light #clouds #golden #sun #sanderson #writer #art

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

One of my dreams has always been to plant public spaces. So I tried to plant some seeds, in different spots along the sea, to make some experiments (and hopefully collect more seeds later!) #nature #land #landscape #photography #grass #sea #amchit #publicspaces #seedsaving #farming #permaculture

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

The abandoned family land that I started planting a few days ago after heavy rains... I really hope that the seeds I planted won't rot! #garden #gardening #farming #photography #amchit #byblos #lebanon #swamp #nature #peace #sustainable #natuur #tuin #tuinen #seedsaving #seeds #agroecology #water

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Erik Vincenti Zakhia @erik-zakhia.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

I'm very proud to announce that my writing "Beirut, Elantris and the ghost town" has been published by L'Orient Le Jour today: www.lorientlejour.com/article/1491... #article #journalist #sea #landscape #photography #poetry #vss365 #writer #writing #brandonsanderson #lebanon #fantasy #newspaper #art

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Arbaro de Espero @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Small experimental greenhouses in the abandoned family land that I just started planting. As this land has no access to water (except from rain), I need to be creative! #land #garden #gardening #photography #nature #biodiversity #agroecology #agroforestry #permaculture #reforesting #trees #farming

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