Melissa, we are the same here in Colorado where
this is a glacial runout with lots of river rock. 3 feet of hole would leave
about 2' of topsoil in the bottom. We are using a backhoe for the fence posts.
Good luck. Jane
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Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 3:15
PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Tree planting in the
driest place on Earth/Digging inrocks
Good luck to this restoration program. Another country
that needs this is Qatar, where my family spends part of the year. It's
a desert, because it virtually never rains, but it's terribly humid, and
the mornings can be quite foggy. The humidity makes the extreme heat
feel that much worse.
But who needs an environment when you have
lots of fossil fuels and air conditioning?
Slightly closer to
topic, any advice on digging holes for trees and fenceposts? I might say
that my soil is rocky, or I might say that my rocks are dirty. I got a
book on building fences that says my posts should be sunk 2 or 3 feet
into the ground. We're hiring a guy with some hole-drilling equipment,
but I'm having trouble picturing how any equipment wouldn't just break
in this ground. We dug a hole for a tree yesterday, which meant we'd dig
a few inches through soil and small rocks, and then the shovel would go
"clang" so we'd get the pickax and pry out a rock about a foot in
diameter and 3 inches thick. Then repeat. This is slow going for wide
holes for trees, but doable. I don't see how deep narrow holes for
fenceposts would be possible, though.
Melissa
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Mon, 4/20/09, Kevin Moore <aleguy33@yahoo.com>
wrote:
From:
Kevin Moore <aleguy33@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Tree
planting in the driest place on Earth To: "North American Fruit
Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org> Date: Monday, April 20,
2009, 3:53 PM
It sounds like the Huaranga has adapted to a similar water
capturing strategy to the coastal redwoods of California. Captured fog
is the primary water resource of the central California coast. It is
always damp and cool in the forest. Where the trees have been denuded,
the soil is parched and temperatures soar. The streams dry up and even
the toughest succulents struggle to survive.
From: Douglas Woodard
<dwoodard@becon.org> To:
nafex@lists.ibiblio.org Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009
2:22:41 PM Subject:
[NAFEX] Tree planting in the driest place on
Earth
Restoring tropical dry forest in the southern
coastal desert of Peru. Extreme tree planting, we might say.
Possible on the outer boundary of our theme, but likely relevant
to some members. See <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7934406.stm>Doug
Woodard St. Catharines, Ontario,
Canada
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