Permaculture in the desert

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several green cactus plants next to a tree

I've estimated that we could plant about 2,000 prickly pear around our perimeter fence and within 3-5 years, it will be an impenetrable wall of spines. Here's a few of the different fruits and species in our area:.

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there is a small trailer in the desert with rocks and bushes around it, as well as a man standing next to it

Turn this patch of desert into a lush food forest and encourage my neighbors to do the same. I'm hoping this bamboo will keep me cooler, block sand storms and clean my soil of toxins as well!

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the desert is full of sparse vegetation and mountains in the distance with blue skies above

It seems like there might already be a thread here on this topic -- someplace. It came up over at HomesteadingToday, though, and about it, and thought it would make a good discussion over here, too. There's someone at HT who is looking into buying land on the Terlingua Ranch in the Big Bend area of Texas -- less than ten inches of rain a year, and over six months of 90 degrees or more during the daytime. Don't know about the soil, but water has to come from rain collection or be hauled…

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an aerial view of a house surrounded by trees and other houses in the distance,

The Property “Melliodora” is a 8700m² (2¼ acre) property situated on the edge of Hepburn Springs, the spa centre in Central Victoria. It is one of the best documented and well known permaculture demonstration sites in the world. The passive solar house, mixed food gardens and orchards, dams and livestock, and creek revegetation in the […]

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an illustrated garden with instructions on how to build a permacture garden

Building a Permaculture Garden for Beginners If you're a beginner who is entering the field of sustainable living and want to start growing your crops, starting with your permaculture garden as an initial step would be a good place to begin. Permaculture, which is often described as

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a garden area with palm trees and various plants

Unique Soil Delivers Bountiful Gardens In The Desert Heat - Growing beautiful, lush gardens in extreme heat is far from easy, but Faultline Farm in California’s Mojave desert proves it’s not impossible, either.

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