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This nearby mountain, is surrounded by four villages. Once it served as a vital resource for the local community. Seventy-five years ago, over 20,000 goats grazed on its slopes, while villagers harvested oak trees for charcoal and firewood. This continued until the early 1970s, leaving the mountain's topsoil depleted and covered in oak shrubs.

In an effort to restore this natural area, we started a reforestation project last year. We planted acorns on the mountain's peak and transplanted young cypress trees.

It's been a very difficult summer !!!
I hope some of these young trees will survive.

This year, we plan to employ a drone to drop seeds of annuals like Mediterranean heartwort, arugula, and Swiss chard, as well as perennials like oregano. We will also introduce rock rose seeds and the Christ thorn shrub (palurius), a valuable source of nectar for bees.

Through these actions, we aim to reforest the mountain that has given so much. 

It's a difficult task. 

Kostas


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