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Prickly Pear are the perfect permaculture plant for parched places

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World Domination Gardening 3-movie set as HD streaming

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Breeding for dew collection, or my experiments with dryland farming

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Permaculture attempt in high desert of California

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The Big Fat Thread of Dryland Farming Ideas!

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replacing irrigation with permaculture

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irrigating ~10,000 sq ft

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USGS Study of adjacent watersheds, confirming the value of 20,000 check dams!

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Growing Corn in the Desert Without Supplemental Water or Compost

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Endangered Fruit Cactus

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Protecting saplings in the desert

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Permaculture in the high desert of California

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Permaculture in Dry Areas

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So here's the 2 acres I'm probably getting 😆

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What Would You Do With My High Desert Yards?

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New biomimicry device to help plant seeds that drill themselves into the soil

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

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Protecting saplings in the desert

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Palm Springs, California . Looking for Permaculture buddies

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Growing Corn in the Desert Without Supplemental Water or Compost

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Legality of Swales

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Can We Create a Breakaway Civilization in the Gran Chaco of Paraguay?

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Planning for a Fall Garden

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Mist nets from cotton fabric

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Desert Corn Growing Techniques

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Hydrocarbon degradation=Net gain of water?

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Swale paradox: My observations

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new property in tanzania! native plant info

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Greening the Desert - Salton Sea area

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Land Planning High Desert

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Desert Tree Establishment

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New biomimicry device to help plant seeds that drill themselves into the soil

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Permaculture in Dry Areas

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The Big Fat Thread of Dryland Farming Ideas!

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Spanish Colonial Irrigation Ditches

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A permie guide on Hydrology

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Suggestions for improving high desert soil fertility

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USGS Study of adjacent watersheds, confirming the value of 20,000 check dams!

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Endangered Fruit Cactus

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Permaculture in the high desert of California

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Greening the New Mexican desert

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Seeking permacultarists for land in Fresno County, CA

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How to Get Water to Plants and Trees in Drought Conditions

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Jump starting sugar snap peas?

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Does creosote bush / chaparral compost and mulch well

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Building a farm in the high desert of California

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Pacifying Heavy Rain in a Native Hawaiian Dryland Restoration System

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replacing irrigation with permaculture

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Loquat seedlings using Indian desert growing technique

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Understanding drought and drought tolerance

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Keyline (subsoil ripping) in Chihuhuan Desert (PIC's)

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Composting prickly pear and looking for other compost ingredients in the desert

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dehumidifier to olla

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the man who planted trees

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Starting our first permaculture beds in the desert of Egypt! Help us start :)

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