permaculture

[Robert Waldrop <bwaldrop@cox.net>]

I spoke with someone from a Hopi permaculture project at the financial 
permaculture gathering in 2008.  He said they often used stones as mulch 
to preserve water, also instead of raised beds, they often used pits.

Bob Waldrop, Oklahoma City
www.energyconservationinfo.org
www.barkingfrogspermaculture.org

Scott Vlaun wrote:
> A couple things that worked well for me when I gardened in the desert  
> in NM, USA: One was to use old boards as mulch over newly sown beds  
> until the seeds germed, so no additional water was needed. I'd then  
> use them wherever possible over mulch to keep things moist but not  
> fry them like black plastic which is nasty business anyway.
>
> I would also tarp compost piles after rains to hold the moisture for  
> as long as possible.
>
> How much rain do you get?
>
>
> Scott Vlaun
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> On Dec 3, 2009, at 2:37 PM, Rain Tenaqiya wrote:
>
>   I did position myself near trees and forest, so I have a lot of  
> organic matter I can haul in, and I am currently doing this for the  
> fifth year, one wheelbarrow of leaves at a time.  However, the dry  
> infertile soil has relatively little life in it and the leaves are  
> taking a long time to decompose and integrate into the soil.  All my  
> new plantings will have forest soil mixed in first, to speed up the  
> process, despite the permaculture preference for top dressing.  If I  
> had enough
>   water to overhead irrigate like mad all Summer (or if I lived in a  
> more humid climate), I bet I would have much quicker results.
>
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