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greening the desert

water conservation

John C Daley

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This is a fabulous explanation of repairing and improving damaged water catchments

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Anne Miller

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The idea of using gabion cages filled with rocks to make steps to slow the water down is priceless. It is like a spillway.

This stops erosion and help to provide more water to the area thus greening the desert.

Landowners could use what they have available to make brush/rock dams to continue this idea.

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Anne Miller

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Here are some threads where folks here on the forum are doing this:

https://permies.com/t/137413/Tiny-brush-dam-progress

https://permies.com/t/51421/Creek-repair-brush-dams

Invasive plants are Earth's way of insisting we notice her medicines. Stephen Herrod Buhner
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Nancy Reading

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