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Prickly Pear are the perfect permaculture plant for parched places

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Permaculture attempt in high desert of California

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Anybody growing without irrigation?

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The Big Fat Thread of Dryland Farming Ideas!

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Getting things started

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Understanding drought and drought tolerance

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

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What is the point of Nitrogen fixing trees without Inoculant?

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Permaculture in Extreme Desert?

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

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Can you make rain with permaculture?

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How to Get Water to Plants and Trees in Drought Conditions

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Creative watering techniques?

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What would you look for when buying land in the desert?

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Need help with drought resistant perennials that deer love?

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Ice Stupa Artificial Glacier Project

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Show me your desert fence

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Does all irrigation eventually ruin cropland?

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Jump starting sugar snap peas?

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Growing Corn in the Desert Without Supplemental Water or Compost

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water conservation

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

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Demilune growing in Eastern Colorado

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Usage of coir pith in making dryland greener

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plants

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

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projects

A wicking bed for a high tunnel

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digital market

World Domination Gardening 3-movie set as HD streaming

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

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Prickly Pear are the perfect permaculture plant for parched places

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The Big Fat Thread of Dryland Farming Ideas!

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Hugels in HOT Drylands

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berries

Wind Blocks and Bird Deterrent

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homestead

Southern California Homestead stories

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soil

Soil horizons & sunken garden beds

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Planting Trees For Rain

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Can you make rain with permaculture?

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My fenceposts attract trees

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irrigating ~10,000 sq ft

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making ollas out of hypertufa?

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meaningless drivel

Small, easy projects that make a big difference

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Dryland Covercrops

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Demilune growing in Eastern Colorado

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Foxhole reforestation - a method for the reforestation of grasslands

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trees

Planting new forests in India

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Creative watering techniques?

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hedges

What do I plant to get a tall edible hedge?

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

8 months ago 30 replies 1

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Growing Corn in the Desert Without Supplemental Water or Compost

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water conservation

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sepp holzer

Sepp Holzer - how do i find out more!

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projects

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

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Deep rooting cover crops???

11 months ago 22 replies 1 5

gardening for beginners

Reduce your garden's watering needs

11 months ago 28 replies 4 14

Understanding drought and drought tolerance

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Deep planting- What, and how deep

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polyculture

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

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

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berries

Starting Goji berry farm - need advice

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Anyone farming pinyon trees?

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How to make trees resistant to drought

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woodland

the man who planted trees

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Groasis Waterboxx

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grains and pseudograins

Growing corn in drylands

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Fencing - Constraining the herd

13 years ago 8 replies

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Desert Hugelkultur Questions- SW CA

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permaculture

Land imprinting - land surface texture to restore vegetation

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Desertification and Trees

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recovering desert land in australia

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