Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:31:58 -0500
From: "Forest Garden" <forestgarden@gvtc.com
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Techniques for capturing moisture
To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
Hi Jeffry,
I am having a bit of difficulty grasping the logistics of the desert sleeping arrangements you wrote about. You dug a sleeping hole / trench.. and you slept in the trench with your ground cover above you capturing water? er what?? sorrry for being so dense, but I am curious.
Sincerely,
Marjory
----- Original Message -----
From: "J Newman" <jn@jnweb.com
To: "permaculture digest" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Techniques for capturing moisture
I spent a little time camping out in the Namibian desert. It was accepted practice to dig a sleeping hole and cover it with your groundsheet, weighted around the edge of the hole with rocks. I awoke each morning dry and - of interest to this discussion - my (canvas) groundsheet was sagging with a good few litres of water.
- Jeffrey
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