Very proud to announce that one of my photo with a short writing have been published in the Netherlands by Amsterdam Quarterly: www.amsterdamquarterly.org/aq_issues/aq...

#sea #sunset #colors #photography #netherlands #amchit #nature #peace #beauty #writer #writings #poet #poetry #photograph #art

While the world is busy in meaningless conflicts, global warming does not take rest, and the sea level continues to yearly rise.

We ask for a Global Peace, now!

#landscape #nature #photography #waves #beauty #amchit #sky #foam #seaspray #reflections #ice #snow #winter #clouds #sustainable #writer

While the world is busy with meanless conflicts, instead of focusing on what is real and true!
From Lebanon with Love!
A field of fava beans and radishes in between fruit trees.

#permaculture #agroforestry #garden #photography #gardening #peace #nature #amchit #plants #planting #writer #writings

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

Only a Global Peace can allow us to protect our planet!
No more religious extremism, no more imperialism, no more violence of any kind!
Each person deserves a fair, peaceful life.

#peace #sunset #photography #sea #reflections #mirror #waves #nature #Amchit #lights #sky #clouds #goldenhour #dreams

Plant a lot of trees close to one another. It's a way to protect your land from the excess of sun and wind (that end up drying the soil), and to build microclimates.

#hibiscus #flowers #winter #photography #flower #yellow #orange #oranje #garden #gardening #nature #amchit #dutch #forest #writer

The macadamia trees have started flowering...
Notice the bee on the flower!
Have you ever tasted fresh macadamia nuts?

#flowers #flowering #spring #photography #trees #agroforestry #permaculture #amchit #garden #gardening #writer #bees #bluesky #landscape #nature #naturephoto #tuinen #agroecology

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

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

Large trees are the lungs of the planet and the soul of the land.
It is my great grandfather who planted this huge ficus elastica tree. I planted most of the other ones.

#forest #garden #climate #photography #nature #wild #wood #bos #libanon #amchit #ecosystems #carbon #sequestration #sustainable

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

Follow "Save the Netherlands" @red-nederland.bsky.social, a new initiative of Arbaro de Espero.
The aim is to plant forest-gardens to mitigate global warming and save lowlands from the rising seas.

#nature #environment #forests #photography #amchit #global #earth #sustainable #seeds #tuin #bos

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

The sunset yesterday from the abandoned family land that I started planting...

#landscape #nature #photography #clouds #light #trees #bos #forest #peace #hope #dreams #sky #photo #agroforestry #permaculture #amchit #lebanon #byblos #magical

The garden this morning after a hailstorm.
We had two days of very heavy rain (with a lot of snow on mountains).

#hail #snow #cold #garden #photography #nature #permaculture #photo #photograph #gardening #winter #january #water #canal #amchit #netherlands #peace #agroecology #agroforestry

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

The sunset was quite a sight on Sunday...

#sea #reflections #photography #landscape #horizon #colors #yellow #light #clouds #orange #hues #painting #art #amchit #byblos #nature #beautiful #beauty #dreams

We are looking for
this perfect alignment,
this moment when
our hearts connect
and solitude
is gone.

#poetry #haiku #vss365 #photography #sunset #nature #photo #foto #naturephoto #amchit #byblos #colors #writer #Christmas #merrychristmas #love #hope #spiritual #soulful

I really wanted to plant apples, and I found this variety of green apples that sprouts close to the sea in a Mediterranean climate. It's an old variety, and it has a very subtle taste...

#appletree #trees #farming #photography #garden #gardening #amchit #byblos #permaculture #biodiversity #nature

The sunset over the Forest of Hope (Arbaro de Espero).
We got 45 mm of rain in the last 24 hours (265 mm this Fall).

Follow me on @arbaro-de-espero.bsky.social if you too love plants and nature.

#natuur #photography #foto #twilight #climatology #meteorology #precipitations #amchit #gardening #bos

This is my 2nd video for you, from another area of Arbaro de Espero, at sunset, showing you how the passion fruit vines search for light in a forest context.
The day was particularly cold.

#gardening #garden #videos #photography #sky #clouds #nature #amchit #byblos #agriculture #agroecology #art

My passion fruit seedlings. I have planted hundreds of them this year.
The aim is to increase the density of passion fruit vines in my garden-forest.
Every seed gives a plant!

#agroforestry #permaculture #photography #passionfruit #amchit #gardening #tuin #giardino #jardinage #agroecology #nature

The new mango leaves are beautiful, close to the sprout of a passion fruit vine climbing on a rope.
That's how a permaculture garden in an agroforestry context looks like: biodiverse.

#nature #photography #amchit #lebanon #lebanese #peace #ecosystem #gardening #tuin #jardinage #natuur #mangotree

A typical daily harvest in December: mixed salad, lemons, winter passion fruits, hyacinth beans, peppers. Everything is organic.
It's an art to get a fresh salad from your garden all year round.

#nature #photography #gardening #permaculture #agroforestry #amchit #december #Christmas #jardin #tuin

Subdued beauty
upon the horizon
Dream for a change
a turning point
A door that opens
The landscape of a face
so familiar once
that returns
filling your heart
bringing colors
back into your life.

#amchit #photography #sea #ocean #sunset #goldenhour #nature #waves #sky #light #sun #dutch #love #books

Sweet potatoes bloom at the beginning of the winter, when the tubers are ready to be harvested. Their leaves are also edible, used in salads, soups and spring rolls.

#sweetpotatoes #photography #landscape #clouds #flowers #amchit #byblos #nature #biodiversity #cooking #springrolls #gardening

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A man's body was found near Amchit beach, prompting a Civil Defense investigation. This incident raises safety concerns along Lebanon's coastline and the challenges emergency services face.

#Lebanon #Amchit #CoastlineSafety

White flames rise on the rocks
Ephemeral and timeless,
As the sea expresses itself
singing tales of distant lands to discover
of lonely islands
of underwater realms,
Those dancing waves
have seen it all.

#motion #photography #landscape #nature #amchit #poetry #vss365 #writer #writings #poem #haiku

First video introducing a small part of the garden under a light rain. I show you how some of the fruit trees look like in December, and part of my daily salad composed of many types of edible plants.

#gardening #agroforestry #video #agroecology #permaculture #photography #amchit #byblos #nature

It's the season of sweet potato flowers. Sweet potato is an incredibly useful plant, because its leaves are edible, in salads, and in soups.
It covers the ground and can even climb on bushes.
It sprouts by slip.

#flower #nature #photography #sweetpotato #amchit #byblos #agroecology #biodiversity