Rough mulch of logs and rocks will also help to preserve and condense water.
Soil prep should also include earthworks to harvest any rainwater that does
fall. I know that you have a long and hot dry season to span, and any tree
will need some supplemental water for the first year at least.
As far as plant selection, may I suggest looking into nut pines (korean, etc)
for windbreaks. These can handle severe frost and wind and also provide
nutritious nuts! For expediency, I would also look into any plants you can
do from cuttings, like mulberry (if they will survive).
Best of luck! Sounds like a great project!
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> Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 13:58:03 -0700
> From: neilbertrando@gmail.com
> To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [permaculture] Food forest on the rez
>
> Cory,
>
> Do you have the ability to purchase from wholesale nurseries? this can
> often really drop your costs. you may need a resellers/retailers
> certificate, but if you have a not for profit or some other business (or you
> call and explain the situation) that will probably work. Also, if you
> aren't currently connected, I recommend NAFEX (North American Fruit
> Explorers) for access to scion wood and rootstocks and people with lots of
> experience growing fruit trees on this continent.
>
>http://www.nafex.org/
>
> <http://www.nafex.org/>You may already have your contacts and suppliers
> lined up. If you don't, let me know and I'll try and connect you with some
> leads.
>
> I personally have struggled with getting plants established without some
> soil prep (as Darren suggested), especially with little to no irrigation.
> I'm not sure what your rainfall regime is there, but if it is low to nil
> during the warm season and you want to establish trees without irrigation, I
> recommend looking at some establishment strategies such as deep pipe
> irrigation, Driwater (they may provide you with a some opportunities if you
> partner with them for research purposes), soil gels, growing trees out in
> deep pot bands, or some other means of maintaining soil moisture and
> encouraging deep rooting.
>
> It is inspiring to hear about the work y'all are doing there. Best of luck,
> Neil
>
> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Cory Brennan <cory8570@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi, Darren,
> > Thank you for the advice. Common Vision is a good idea - didn't think they
> > traveled out of S. Calif but worth a shot. We still want our own bus as we
> > plan to use it as a mobile cultural and sustainability library for the rez
> > and "multiple function" it to bring sustainability in several formats -
> > the
> > rez currently has NO public library!
> > I hear you on cheap stocks, we do plan to graft and buy cheap - we have
> > been working on a shoe string budget and we're all volunteering here, and
> > have been getting a lot done, for the money. We constantly recycle, reuse,
> > reduce. We have access to some fairly mature windbreak stock and already
> > have somewhat sheltered areas so we feel we can plant fruit trees this
> > year,
> > and we have some very nice composted soil from animal manures, etc. We
> > want
> > to get the nursery going so stuff can start growing now for next year.
> > We'll be planting at least two food forests on the site (we have 42
> > acres),
> > the first one will be experimental to see what envelopes we can push and
> > how
> > we can push them. We will of course use our tools and knowledge and do our
> > best to ensure maximal success. But we do need to push the envelope here.
> > The reason being, is that the situation here is somewhat desperate on the
> > subject of food and we really do not have the luxury of adding a lot
> > of time to this activity. So the sooner we get this going, the better.
> >
> > --- On Fri, 5/20/11, Darren Doherty <darren@permaculture.biz> wrote:
> >
> > From: Darren Doherty <darren@permaculture.biz>
> > Subject: Re: [permaculture] Food forest on the rez
> > To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Date: Friday, May 20, 2011, 11:31 AM
> >
> > G'day,
> >
> > Can I suggest that as a low/no cost option for establishing this system
> > that
> > you look at the following options:
> >
> > A. Contact Common Vision <http://www.commonvision.org> who are already
> > doing
> > the bus thing and are very fine people....plus their main game is planting
> > fruit trees en masse...
> > B. Look to sourcing cheap rootstocks and/or growing seedlings from locally
> > grown fruit trees and then doing some grafting...
> >
> > If you are growing windbreaks then you have the time to do point B. until
> > such time as these get established. Sometimes in exposed/new sites its a
> > good idea to do a year's preparation of soils and sites before you plant:
> > that's our experience though of course you can, with capital and
> > materials,
> > push the envelope....but the can is being rattled so perhaps a more
> > deliberate, high quality job can be done....
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Darren
> >
> >
> >
> > On 20 May 2011 15:35, Cory Brennan <cory8570@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > We want to put a food forest on the rez (Pine Ridge Lakota reservation)
> > > this spring as a demonstration and propagation site, but we're also
> > > doing
> > a
> > > large kitchen garden and some other projects that took up our budget, so
> > we
> > > had put that idea aside - until someone made a Kickstarter video for us
> > and
> > > it started raising funds. We got excited - we now feel we can do this!
> > We
> > > have the manpower and equipment to get the holes dug, windbreak trees
> > > in,
> > > swales put in, etc. We're planning a no-irrigation food forest that will
> > be
> > > self-contained. We've been madly researching and want to experiment with
> > a
> > > number of fruit species, using some microclimates to get them to grow in
> > > this relatively harsh climate. We are really excited about this because
> > it
> > > is getting some interest and support on the rez and we think it will
> > catch
> > > on. Along with the food forest will be youth tree planting events,
> > > education, outreach, etc. If we get enough funds we could get our
> > > permaculture bus repaired and activated and take our show on the rez
> > road.
> > > Please consider supporting the project and forwarding to your friends!
> > >
> > >
> > http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/olceri/pine-ridge-food-forest-growing-food-security-on-th?ref=live
> > > Mitakuye Oyasin,
> > > Cory Brennanfacebook.com/olcerifacebook.com/permacultureguild4olceri.org
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