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Greening The Desert... For Profit

 
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Location: Payson, Utah, US of A - Zone6B/High Desert/4500' /14" Rainfall
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I've had a good number of years now (20 or so) learning and practicing desert abundance principles and practices.

I'm good at it, understand the rules, and I can bring the green in just a few short years, especially with earthworks.

I've been planning, for a good number of years, on purchasing some extremely cheap Desert land ($500 an acre cheap), applying my knowledge to design a water and fertility harvesting landscape, getting the system established far enough that it will persist and sustain itself for the foreseeable future, and then selling that land at a substantial profit.

Rinse, repeat.

Ultimately, I'd like to make a career of this practice. There's plenty of desert in Utah, and my pioneer forefathers bestowed a legacy of greening the desert upon me, and it would be glorious to demonstrate to my children that you can build a life centered in the Garden.

Any thoughts from anyone about how I might go about making this a reality while trying to make a smooth transition from corporate job to total Garden Everything ™️ instantiation?
 
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