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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@bellsouth.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] is it too late
  • Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:29:48 -0500

On 11/22/2010 11:05 AM, sals3 wrote:
I got Bills book years ago PERMACULTURE A Designers' Manual and it really was
a great read. I learn so much but it was
so many years ago. I started to go to all the permaculture web sites. I
already had my trees in and knew fruit trees
were the way to go. plant when your young and set it up doing the work when
you strong and be natural like the forest.
My trees are big now and old and doing great. I read about water harvesting
and seen the picture in the book where He
digs a hole above the tree line and fill it with mulch as I remember it. I
never did that but now water is so costly I'm
thinking about it. am I too late? I know I can't get a key line plow in here
or even a cat to move earth like when you
start setting up your place. I have not done the layer planting so there is
still lots to do but was wondering is it to
late to set up a water harvest the tree plantings are mostly over 20 years
in. I'm in Santa Barbara Ca. it rains in
winter and dry in summer. we usually get over 10 inches rain a year in
winter., weather subtropical , banana belt can't
grow coconut and every thing like mangoes and bananas and pineapple take much
longer to bear and grow real slow. I would
like to think more about water harvest now if it is not too late. I live on a
hill side facing south and when I see how
water spreads out going downhill underground it makes my mouth water. any
ideas ? I don't get any water run off now and
capture all that rain on the land but no system was put in. I water with a
well I had dug years ago but electric has
gone up and up .
Fascinating, Sal. My suggestion would be to big deep trenches/swales, interconnected as necessary to distribute water flow, uphill from the trees and long enough to catch enough flow from the watershed to be worthwhile. Fill the berms with mulch. No, it is not too late. Do you have pictures online of your farm showing your fruit tree plantings?

LL




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