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Farmers Flood Fields to Store Rainwater. Next is Protecting it from Evaporation
Dan Charles Recently posted a story on NPR, As Rains Soak California, Farmers Test How To Store Water Underground about farmers flooding their fields with rainwater in order to infiltrate the water into store the water in soil and replenish … Continue reading
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Tagged Desert Soil, Floodwaters, High Desert Living, Infiltration, Landscape Design, Rain Gardens, Rain Water Harvesting, Rainwater Harvesting, Rainwater Recycling, Stormwater, Stormwater Harvesting, Stormwater Infiltration, Stormwater management, Stormwater Retention, Success Gardening in the Mojave Desert, Sustainable Living, Swales, Water Conservation, Water in the Desert, Water Issues, Water Management, Water Wise
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Value of Ancient Ways – Dialog with Pat Spray Regarding His Native American Ancestor’s Use of Key Hole Gardens
For all our stunning scientific advancements, listening to grandparents talk about traditional ways is well worth while. Sure, some traditions worked out better in the long run than others. As we push the limits on technical advancements, we are learning which traditions are keepers. Native American agricultural practices that endured through thousands of years without environmental collapse are worth in-depth study. Continue reading
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Tagged Biodynamic Gardening, Compost, Desert Gardening, Desert Soil, Drought Tolerant Gardening, Ecological Gardening, Erosion Control, Garden, Gardening Resources, High Desert Living, Indigenous Gardens, Landscape Design, Low Impact Design, Native American Gardening, Native Plants, Ornamental Gardening, Permaculture, Permaculture Garden, Soil Conservation, Sustainable Gardening, Sustainable Landscaping, Sustainable Living, Three Sisters Vegetable Garden, Water in the Desert, Xerophytic Gardening
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Free Water in the Desert
So, I’m not the only crazy person out there who sees free irrigation water in “flooding problems” I found a great series of links to videos on stormwater and rainwater harvesting. If you want to grow more than rocks in … Continue reading
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Hen House with Adobe? How I intend to make life better for my chickens.The Art of Superabode
Superadobe or earth bag building was developed by Nader Khalili, an Iranian American architect, writer, and humanitarian. He developed the superadobe system in 1984, in response to a NASA call for … Source: The Art of Superabode Cal-Earth has … Continue reading
Keyhole Gardens are a Proven Strategy for Working With Caliche in Arid Regions
I learned some wonderful strategies for working with caliche layers under poor soils from the local gardening community. Keyhole gardens are one of the approaches. I have seen several interpretations of the keyhole garden posted on Facebook. Then some Julie … Continue reading
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Tagged Backyard Farm, Desert Gardening, Desert Soil, Drought Tolerant Gardening, Garden, Growing Vegetables in the High Desert, High Desert Gardening Community, High Desert Living, Kitchen Garden, Landscape Design, Ornamental Gardening, Permaculture, Success Gardening in the Mojave Desert, Sustainable Gardening, Water in the Desert, Xerophytic Gardening
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Caliche Challenge 