I'm so excited to stumble upon this feed from a pintrest link (!), I have 10 acres in wonder valley I took over from an illegal grow op, there's a giant pit in the back where they were putting greenhouses and they scraped half the land when grading to dig the pit. I'm slowly repopulating with creosote, cholla and prickly pear and as I get my water situation more stable I will be planting a ton of Palo Verde, mesquite and ocotillo. Coming from the east the idea of bamboo makes me nervous bc it is very invasive over here and in some areas illegal to plant, do you find with the harsh conditions it stays relatively put where you plant it? I've even thought about putting it in stock tanks as part of my gray water system. The pit I think will become part of a planting basin with swale steps as I regrade the land to drain away from the house but always looking for other ideas and fellow permaculture geeks in the area!
