Register / Login

New Topic

permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums

this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...

master stewards:

Nancy Reading
Carla Burke
John F Dean
Timothy Norton
r ransom
Jay Angler
Pearl Sutton

stewards:

Devaka Cooray
Leigh Tate
paul wheaton

master gardeners:

Christopher Weeks

gardeners:

M Ljin
thomas rubino
Megan Palmer

greening the desert

Best ever

greening the desert

keyhole garden in summer drought

112 replies 2 43 57

greening the desert

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

1240 replies 199 365 155

greening the desert

Small, easy projects that make a big difference

123 replies 44 140

greening the desert

Prickly Pear are the perfect permaculture plant for parched places

147 replies 2 38 32

greening the desert

Air Well - collecting water from the air

174 replies 8 31 10

greening the desert

World Domination Gardening 3-movie set as HD streaming

4 8 20

greening the desert

Breeding for dew collection, or my experiments with dryland farming

46 replies 2 11 3

greening the desert

the man who planted trees

111 replies 13 4 15

greening the desert

Permaculture attempt in high desert of California

133 replies 5 57 8

Anybody growing without irrigation?

197 replies 12 24 11

greening the desert

The Big Fat Thread of Dryland Farming Ideas!

77 replies 3 9 28

Getting things started

77 replies 10 28 10

greening the desert

Sepp Holzer uses no irrigation

80 replies 2 11 3

greening the desert

Southern California Homestead stories

51 replies 284 21

greening the desert

replacing irrigation with permaculture

56 replies 6 4

Understanding drought and drought tolerance

22 replies 4 8

Screaming hot spot in the garden where nothing can grow. Cheap/free suggestions anyone?

55 replies 2 13 22

What is the point of Nitrogen fixing trees without Inoculant?

59 replies 2 21

greening the desert

Reduce your garden's watering needs

28 replies 4 14

greening the desert

Tamera and their Water Retention Landscape

49 replies 6 90 15

More »
Best this year

greening the desert

What do I plant to get a tall edible hedge?

12 replies 3

water conservation

3 replies 1 1

China Reintroduced Extinct Wild Horses Into the Desert — 5 Years Later Everything Changed

2 replies 1 1 1

greening the desert

Foxhole reforestation - a method for the reforestation of grasslands

1 reply 1 2

Sonoran Desert Food Plants

1 reply 1 2

Deep planting- What, and how deep

5 replies 2

greening the desert

Planting new forests in India

2 replies

Demilune growing in Eastern Colorado

7 replies 1 1

Desertification and Trees

15 replies

greening the desert

recovering an arid SW forest

1 reply 1

greening the desert

Semi-arid grain production - lit review and draft of experiment for intercropping trees and shrubs

0 replies 1

More »
greening the desert Forum at permies

greening the desert

My fenceposts attract trees

4 days ago 23 replies 3 5

greening the desert

irrigating ~10,000 sq ft

2 weeks ago 14 replies 3 2 1

plants

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

3 weeks ago 1240 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <30, 31, 32 ] 199 365 155

China Reintroduced Extinct Wild Horses Into the Desert — 5 Years Later Everything Changed

4 weeks ago 2 replies 1 1 1

making ollas out of hypertufa?

1 month ago 3 replies

meaningless drivel

Small, easy projects that make a big difference

1 month ago 123 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 44 140

greening the desert

Dryland Covercrops

1 month ago 22 replies 1 2

homestead

Southern California Homestead stories

1 month ago 51 replies [ 1, 2 ] 284 21

Demilune growing in Eastern Colorado

2 months ago 7 replies 1 1

greening the desert

Foxhole reforestation - a method for the reforestation of grasslands

2 months ago 1 reply 1 2

projects

A wicking bed for a high tunnel

2 months ago 14 replies 12 6

trees

Planting new forests in India

3 months ago 2 replies

greening the desert

Creative watering techniques?

4 months ago 54 replies [ 1, 2 ] 5 6

plants

What do I plant to get a tall edible hedge?

4 months ago 12 replies 3

greening the desert

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

4 months ago 30 replies 1

greening the desert

Growing Corn in the Desert Without Supplemental Water or Compost

5 months ago 25 replies 4 15

water conservation

5 months ago 3 replies 1 1

permaculture

Sepp Holzer

6 months ago 97 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 6 2

projects

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

7 months ago 36 replies 3 9 20

Deep rooting cover crops???

7 months ago 22 replies 1 5

gardening for beginners

Reduce your garden's watering needs

7 months ago 28 replies 4 14

Understanding drought and drought tolerance

7 months ago 22 replies 4 8

Deep planting- What, and how deep

8 months ago 5 replies 2

polyculture

Semi-arid grain production - lit review and draft of experiment for intercropping trees and shrubs

8 months ago 0 replies 1

recovering desert land in australia

8 months ago 8 replies 14

greening the desert

The Big Fat Thread of Dryland Farming Ideas!

8 months ago 77 replies [ 1, 2 ] 3 9 28

Geoff Lawton’s list of pioneer plant species used on the greening the desert site

9 months ago 11 replies 1 1

berries

Starting Goji berry farm - need advice

10 months ago 16 replies 3 10

greening the desert

Anyone farming pinyon trees?

10 months ago 9 replies 2

forest garden

recovering an arid SW forest

10 months ago 1 reply 1

Hazelnuts in the Desert

10 months ago 28 replies 3 2

Sonoran Desert Food Plants

10 months ago 1 reply 1 2

No irrigation gardens in Spain. A contest.

10 months ago 8 replies 18 8

Semi-Arid Shade trees?

10 months ago 14 replies

More efficient water from air using high voltage

1 year ago 4 replies 1 1

greening the desert

one method of harvesting water from thin air

1 year ago 18 replies 1 4

desert with clay soil

1 year ago 10 replies 2

Buying land

1 year ago 17 replies 1 2

greening the desert

Will a tipi work as a protection from extreme temperatures?

1 year ago 4 replies 2 4 6

How to make trees resistant to drought

1 year ago 5 replies 1

woodland

the man who planted trees

1 year ago 111 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 13 4 15

Groasis Waterboxx

4 years ago 50 replies [ 1, 2 ] 4 1 2

Fencing - Constraining the herd

12 years ago 8 replies

permaculture

Land imprinting - land surface texture to restore vegetation

15 years ago 40 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 6

Desertification and Trees

16 years ago 15 replies
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- ...
- 15
- ►
Forum leaders: Nancy Reading
growies
- hugelkultur 16567
- polyculture 6694
- forest garden 27658
- permaculture 48303
- gardening for beginners 33691
- seeds and breeding 15883
- propagation 6693
- plants 59094
- fruit trees 27195
- woodland 12596
- soil 21860
- trees 32783
- composting 17385
- fungi 11126
- mulch 9434
- biochar 6274
- biodynamic 1862
- organic 20576
- biointensive 671
- dynamic accumulators 1187
- asian natural farming 1716
- urban gardening 8166
- house plants 1553
- small farm 7262
- large farm 3135
- market garden 4592
- pasture 2327
- cover crops 3413
- grains and pseudograins 3364
- lawn 6802
- greening the desert 10595
- wetlands 2826
- tips for awkward spots 2898
- perennial vegetables 7560
- energy crops 881
- carbon farming 1431
- beans 3049
- berries 9153
- flowers 3451
- gamcod 1062
- nuts 4402
- grapes 1293
- alliums 1983
- potatoes 2717
- root crops 4850
- kiwis 536
- vines 3601
- apples 4503
- pears 1139
- peaches 1639
- plums 1130
- cherries 1006
- bushes 1232

What do the icons mean:

= Topic with 1 to 5 flags
= Topic with 5 or more flags
= Topic with 10 or more flags
= Topic with unread post(s)