salima musi

Thank you or rocky spot idea!
There is no natural pond occurring on the land, i am planing to dig one and plant some aquatic plants to filtrate the water to make it suitable for swimming and probably growing some edible aquatic plants on the sides, and use the some of the evaporation to create a microclimate to grow a banana and a mango tree, "Hopefully" if it does work i ll just replace them with usual Mediterranean trees to provide some shade to limit evaporation

Imprinting seems effective and by doing those instead of swales i could avoid making a contour map that i find challenging, but i dont know where i can get a machine to make these patterns Morocco and if i find it how much the rental would cost, i wonder if it could be done by hand?

I have sent many emails to get in contact with the owner of a small permaculture farm in my region, it is the only project i found online, they have a blog and run PDCs but i dont have a reply yet, it was 2 months ago...i also contacted a permaculture expert to ask for the fees to have a look at my land and give some advice, i never got a reply it was 3 weeks ago...so no i didn't connect with any one around here, if any are reading this discussion, please get in touch

Thanks S Bengi

Rob Browne : I will fence it Hahaha

Yeah ollas are the way to go for the desert, i can get them quite cheap here
I will post my progress in this tread, thank you all and happy permaculturing.

Thanks guys, i am so glad i m getting all these advices

This is the first plan i made with small observation of land but it will probably change when it is starts raining and i have a better idea or rain flow, wind direction…

I wont be installing any drip irrigation at this point, do you think putting "ollas" right at the beginning next to native nursing trees is a good irrigation idea?

Thank you guys
Yep! I have watched all of these over and over again these last weeks..
I m glad i got it 😊
So no diging, mulch, water, manure, planting, mulch,water again and again and again until my well dries up 😃
Is it a good idea to plant nitrogen fixing plants (comfrey, alfa alfa) at the start of the summer? In June when temperatures reach the 100F / 45C ? Will they be ok if given enough water? or shall i wait for automn (November) ? Which is in 6 months... Such a long wait!! I m too excited to wait but i dont wanna start with a failure 😁 i need to keep my energy up with such a bad soil in an aride climate.
All advices or experiences are welcome

and the view of my deserty paradise

Pictures

Hi Permies
I have been reading about permaculture and this forum for few months now and when i am about to make a plan and start my food forest and vegetable garden, i really dont know where to start ((
The land is in Morocco near Marrakech with a hot semi-arid climate, mild damp winters about 280mm rain and hot dry summers. Average temperatures range from 12 °C (54 °F) in the winter to 32–45 °C (90–113 °F) in the summer.
I have attached pictures of the very dry soil, it is a 2 acre land, i will dig a well and put a tent up to live in while i am building the adobe brick home.
I am not sure i got everything right from my research, but that's my plan and please tell me if i m missing something:

1- Buy or find some mulch (wood ships, cut lawn from surrounding resorts) and cover about a quarter of an acre to start with (i ll start small and see what happens while i am building the house
2- Get some manure (donkey or cow) and put it on top of the mulch.
3- buy some nitrogen fixing plants from the nursery, plant and water
4- keep watering until they grow
5- in 6 months time the soil should be good enough to plant trees.

Is that right?