very cool milan looking forward to the interview!!

@Milan Marquis The island on average gets around 800mm but this dry Western side gets about half so 400mm. I just listened to your conversation with scott hall and it got me thinking about mediteranian climates especially the potential of managing with keystone species (like sheep). Lesvos actually already has alot of trees planted (apparently its one of the highest concentrations of olive tree / resident at about 125 trees per person). However even on the side that gets more rain where all the olives are, the soil is pretty bad and devoid of life. Everything dries out over the summer. and much of the soil is left bare. Is this from over grazing? No water management? The fact its a monoculture? Would more diversity help? If you got one of these farms what would you do? What are your views on olive tree monocultures. How can they be improved? There is some water managment, it turns out the ottomans terraced alot of the island which in my view slows down the water and allows for better infiltration but as you can see in the summer months most of the land under the olive is still cracked and dry. I am wondering if this landcape could be properly managed by ruminants that would actaully increase fertility. But I am afraid there is not enough vegitaton during this dry period. Perhaps surface ponds with irrigation, berm/swales and keyline plowing could help. Any insights would be helpful. Could be a cool new content format of you visiting land and places throughout the mediteranian and giveing your analysis. Cheers.