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At the beginning of February, Ernst Götsch was in Portugal to implement the tree lines of a complex system that includes apple trees, plums, blueberries, grapes, lemons, blackberries, ash trees, poplars, strawberries and vegetables with shorter cycles. When it gets a little warmer, each strip between the trees will receive two double lines of hot peppers, among others that will help occupy and nourish the entire system. The initiative is from Mendes Gonçalves, known for the Paladin brand, a company that has a huge list of products and can absorb the wide variety of species they are planting. A highlight of this design, which is a common question especially for commercial plantations, is that the tree strata were distributed in different lines. While some lines concentrate the low and high strata, others receive the middle and emerging strata. This makes handling and harvesting easier. The main objective is to start from an area whose recent history was that of grain monoculture and work to transform this semi-urban piece of land into a beautiful biodiverse, stratified system that guarantees successive harvests from the first cycles. At the beginning of February, Ernst Götsch was in Portugal to implement the lines of trees in a complex system that includes apple trees, plums, blueberries, grapes, lemon, blackberry, ash, poplar, strawberries, and short-cycle vegetables. When you get a little hotter, each strip between the trees will receive two double rows of chili peppers, among others that will help occupy and nourish the entire system. The initiative is from Mendes Gonçalves, known for the brand Paladin, a company that has an extensive list of products and manages to absorb the wide variety of species planted in the system. A highlight of this design, which is a common question, especially for commercial plantations, is that the strata of the trees were distributed in different lines. While some lines concentrate the low and canopy layers, others receive the medium and emergent. It facilitates management and harvesting. The main objective is to start from an area with a recent history grain monoculture and to transform this semi-urban land into a beautiful, stratified, biodiversity system that guarantees successive harvests since the first cycles.