To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [permaculture] is it too late
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:05:56 -0800
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 .