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keyhole garden in summer drought

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Prickly Pear are the perfect permaculture plant for parched places

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Reforestation - Growing trees in arid, barren lands - by Seeds and Clay cubes (no watering)

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World Domination Gardening 3-DVD set as HD instant view

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Air Well - collecting water from the air

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Breeding for dew collection, or my experiments with dryland farming

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Getting things started

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Permaculture attempt in high desert of California

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Sepp Holzer uses no irrigation

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the man who planted trees

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Tamera and their Water Retention Landscape

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Anybody growing without irrigation?

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replacing irrigation with permaculture

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Permaculture in Extreme Desert?

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Hugles in HOT Drylands

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Ice Stupa Artificial Glacier Project

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Show me your desert fence

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Greening the Desert (and updates) by Geoff Lawton

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WyOasis (in the snow) Greenhouse Build

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The Big Fat Thread of Dryland Farming Ideas!

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How to Get Water to Plants and Trees in Drought Conditions

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my final update on Al Baydha

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Is it Possible to Have a Forest Garden in the Desert?

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Dry, arid, clay, tropical, deforested, goat-infested permaculture attempt . . .

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Desert market garden

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Abundance on Dry Land, documentary, streaming

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The amazing attributes of the tasty edible Spineless Nopal Cactus

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Elemental Change: A film about water, humans, climate, and life on earth.

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Looking for acorns of sweet holly oak, Quercus ilex rotundifolia to regreen Greece

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Sowing Water??

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Desert/Semi-Arid Farming Keywords

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Scientists Use Recycled Sewage Water to Grow 500-Acre Forest in the Middle of Egyptian Desert

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Hilly mountain to capture rainwater?

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Mulching with yucca leaves, weeds, and creosote bushes?

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Help a noob thinking of buying land (mountainous desert)

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Looking for guidance

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The Road Back to Nature by Masanobu Fukuoka

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Maintaining tools in the desert

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Planning for a Fall Garden

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Russian olive a heavy drinker?

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Abundance on Dry Land, documentary, streaming

$10.00

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one piece of advice for desert permies- what would YOURS be?

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homestead

Questions about homesteading/permaculture in the desert

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Using used vegetable oils for preserving wood structures in the garden or farm

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plants

Reforestation - Growing trees in arid, barren lands - by Seeds and Clay cubes (no watering)

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greenhouses

WyOasis (in the snow) Greenhouse Build

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seed saving / exchange / plant breeding

Breeding for dew collection, or my experiments with dryland farming

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plants

Planning for a Fall Garden

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lawn

My Love Affair with Buffalograss, Buchloe dactyloides

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Groasis Waterboxx

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forest garden

Is it Possible to Have a Forest Garden in the Desert?

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my final update on Al Baydha

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Help a noob thinking of buying land (mountainous desert)

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Mark Vander Meer on Soils

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Russian olive a heavy drinker?

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Permaculture attempt in high desert of California

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Planting Desert Trees IN the Swales

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projects

keyhole garden in summer drought

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Hilly mountain to capture rainwater?

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Hilly mountain to capture rainwater?

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Desert Corn Growing Techniques

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Desert/Semi-Arid Farming Keywords

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Elemental Change: A film about water, humans, climate, and life on earth.

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How to Get Water to Plants and Trees in Drought Conditions

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projects

Starting Food Forest but... no soil, crazy winds, and little rain

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homestead

Air Well - collecting water from the air

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Mulching with yucca leaves, weeds, and creosote bushes?

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ideas for new plot in SE Wyo cold desert

3 months ago 4 replies

decision making

just turned 18 need advice

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homestead

creating a creek in a dry gully

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Las Vegas Food Foresters

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WOW--what an idea. Liquid "nano" clay onto desert sand.

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permaculture real estate

40 acres in Arizona with large drainage and power

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Sowing Water??

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Looking for guidance

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Maintaining tools in the desert

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books

The Road Back to Nature by Masanobu Fukuoka

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digital market

World Domination Gardening 3-DVD set as HD instant view

$28.00

8 slices

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Scientists Use Recycled Sewage Water to Grow 500-Acre Forest in the Middle of Egyptian Desert

5 months ago 3 replies 1 2

The amazing attributes of the tasty edible Spineless Nopal Cactus

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Plastic bottles, reshaping for irrigation (waterboxes) to regreen the desert, for tree survival

6 months ago 2 replies

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Can you make rain with permaculture?

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permaculture artisans

Brad Lancaster: Waste Not! Transform your waste into soil, water, and energy.

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Looking for acorns of sweet holly oak, Quercus ilex rotundifolia to regreen Greece

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Is this permaculture and can it be done in the southwest desert?

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