Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>]

Very interesting discussion on that link. However our own situation is out of 
bounds for swales, berms and ponds. Really not enough rain for any of that. 
It drives home the dictum that we have to adapt to our local conditions, and 
that's the main thing. What I do here I wouldn't do in Houston or NY.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 12/9/2009 at 11:56 AM Pete Vukovich wrote:

>I remember listening to a talk with Sep Holzer about his projects in
>extramadura spain which I believe gets about the same rainfall you are
>describing, don't know much about where the water table is there or the
>soil types however. Although it may not apply there are a lot of people
>thinking about maximizing the use of water in desert regions (not just how
>to import it) - the idea of using stone 'talus garlands' in conjunction
>with swales, berms and ponds is pretty fascinating to me - not to mention
>picking crops that form a dryland system.
>
>http://www.permies.com/permaculture-forums/1313_0/permaculture/sepp-holzer-uses-no-irrigation
>
>
>http://permaculture.org.au/2009/11/02/rethinking-water-a-permaculture-tour-of-the-inland-northwest/#comments
>
>--- On Wed, 12/9/09, Emery Mitchamore <emitch@att.net> wrote:
>
>From: Emery Mitchamore <emitch@att.net>
>Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] the personal side of climate challenge
>To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing"
><livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 5:03 AM
>
>I really appreciate this sort of statement: This is what I'm doing and
>why.  Even though our circumstances are different, it somehow helps me to
>develop the reasons and processes necessary for my own actions.  Thank you!
>On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:11 PM, Tradingpost wrote:
>