Subject: Re: [permaculture] Turning Deserts into Woodlands
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 19:06:26 +0200
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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