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The Mulberry Patch which will be landscaped and designed according to Perma-culture parameters, will focus on Mori-culture, growing Morus Rubra (Red Mulberry trees) to feed the Bombyx Mori larvae (silk worm) to practice Seri-Culture, the production of cocoons for export to the International Silk Marketplace.

The old sugar mill is ideal for the creation of our Dedicated Commercial Insect Bio-Habitat. It is imperative that the laboratory is prepared, as the egg stock have arrived in Barbados after 200 years, and we would wish to mount an experiential hatching as soon as possible, after certification arrives.

The Old Mill could be revitalised in a matter of days with the kind assistance of the neighbouring Teen Challenge teams who are currently farming the old Mapp’s College; sericulture is a practiced alternative to drug-crop production, a solution implemented by the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime in South America, and the sheer elegance of the project and its significance in deterrence, has captured the imaginations of Teen Challenge officials.

Additionally, the elevation of the second story and the thickness of the mill’s walls would help protect the Treasured Worms from potential wind-drift insecticide contamination from proximal spraying in the vicinity.

. These practices will form the vehicle for the project's financial sustainability, utilising slope reclamation and the agro-practices necessary to reclaim the 5 acre rab land at River Plantation. (Seen here the residence at River.)

The mulberry shrubs, in three storey plantings will be inter-cropped with fruit trees, herbs, cut flowers and legumes (soya, peas, beans) to nourish the soil and optimise the nutritional properties of the Mulberry. Every part of the Mulberry shrub has a medicinal value unsurpassed in the treatment of rheumatics and arthrities-related problems. The plant is also a well-known, high protein livestock feed.

In the interest of Conservation and best water practices, the pond will form a complete ecosystem, will be fenced for safety and stocked with Water lilies, azola, and other water plants to feed tilapia, ornamentals and indigenous Macrobraeken Rogenburgie will provide oxygen indicators. Duck stacks will be introduced to this eco-system during Phase 2.

The Mulberry Patch will establish a conservatory/shadehouse/polyhouse for mulberry and other crop propogation, and the opportunity is available for subcontracting small farm opportunities and seed bank development; perennials and annuals will make up the bulk of stocked seed and other plants and ornamentals will be retailed from this site.

It is intended that energy and other conservation practices be utilised to optimise the running of the Mulberry Patch facility. Solar energy will be captured for use in water heating, pump systems for irrigation and a solar oven for drying fruit and herbs and sterilising clay. Photovoltaics will be considered during phase 2 and wind and biogas/methanogizer technology will be integrated for incorporation of resulting effluent into fertigation practices.

Agro by-products such as Mulberry Mulch, Mix, and Manure, will be branded and packaged in the distinctive Mulberry Patch colour scheme for retail sales along with local preserves, hand painted silk end products, neutriceuticals and cut and dried flowers among others.

Bee-hives will be located on the site and we are seeking to network our marketing efforts. A local Vinter will be contracted to produce a Mulberry Patch House Wine and the Mulbery Patch will provide fruit musts to that operation. Kombucha, Reishi and Shiitake Mushrooms and other edible fungus colonies will be established in huts throughout the acreage. The potential for retail from the site can be realised by reclaiming the ruined buildings and structures on the proposed River site within it's Heritage Signature.