permaculture

["keller" <ak.and.ak@on-line.de>]

Hi,

Maybe there is no need to introduce lebanon cedars. There is a kind of cedar
in the Atlas mountains (Cedrus atlantica). It looks like it was more
widespread in north africa before, but since roman times, there has been a
lot of deforestation.

Greetings
Andreas
----- Original Message -----
From: Kirby Fry <peace@totalaccess.net>
To: <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 5:37 PM
Subject: [permaculture] Turning Deserts into Woodlands


> Hi Lawrence,
>
> >>  I wonder how cedar and eleagnus would do there?  Putting forests where
> there was only desert or grassland before encourages more rainfall.  <<
>
> Maybe some of those Lebanese cedars would do well too.
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