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keyhole garden in summer drought

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Reforestation - Growing trees in arid, barren lands - by Seeds and Clay cubes (no watering)

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Prickly Pear are the perfect permaculture plant for parched places

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World Domination Gardening 3-DVD set as HD instant view

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Breeding for dew collection, or my experiments with dryland farming

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Air Well - collecting water from the air

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Permaculture attempt in high desert of California

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Getting things started

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Sepp Holzer uses no irrigation

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the man who planted trees

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Tamera and their Water Retention Landscape

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replacing irrigation with permaculture

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Anybody growing without irrigation?

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The Big Fat Thread of Dryland Farming Ideas!

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Permaculture in Extreme Desert?

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WyOasis (in the snow) Greenhouse Build

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Hugles in HOT Drylands

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Ice Stupa Artificial Glacier Project

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Show me your desert fence

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Greening the Desert (and updates) by Geoff Lawton

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How to Get Water to Plants and Trees in Drought Conditions

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Is it Possible to Have a Forest Garden in the Desert?

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my final update on Al Baydha

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Planning for a Fall Garden

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Abundance on Dry Land, documentary, streaming

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Some Medicinal Plants that will Work in a Desert Forest Garden

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A great green wall to combat desertification!

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Suburban lawn in the desert

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Cold Desert property in Iran

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Hilly mountain to capture rainwater?

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Desert Tree Establishment

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River water home irrigation

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useful videos

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Sagebrush: seeds, cultivation, and permaculture uses

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high desert

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Russian olive a heavy drinker?

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Gardening with Less Water by David A. Bainbridge

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Desert permaculture question/mixed methods for a permaculture noob

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Starting a food forest on a dry, compact mediterranean hillside

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Building a farm in the high desert of California

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WyOasis (in the snow) Greenhouse Build

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Thoughts on nitrogen fixing trees for the desert

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homestead

creating a creek in a dry gully

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videos

Abundance on Dry Land, documentary, streaming

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books

Gardening with Less Water by David A. Bainbridge

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projects

Desert Tree Establishment

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plants

Reforestation - Growing trees in arid, barren lands - by Seeds and Clay cubes (no watering)

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projects

keyhole garden in summer drought

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Greening the Desert - Salton Sea area

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Desert Greenhouse

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gardening for beginners

Reduce your garden's watering needs

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gardening for beginners

Failing miserably at what I thought was a pretty modest permaculture garden.

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introductions

Cold Desert property in Iran

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projects

The Big Fat Thread of Dryland Farming Ideas!

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Groasis Waterboxx

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my final update on Al Baydha

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mediterranean climate

Starting a food forest on a dry, compact mediterranean hillside

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communication

Danyadara - A permaculture farm reversing desertification in Southern Spain

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Permaculture attempt in high desert of California

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Growing Forests in the Desert - The Negev, Israel

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Using Beavers to Store Water and Dodge Water Catchment Laws.

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Composting prickly pear and looking for other compost ingredients in the desert

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earthworks

Holistic Management, Keyline Design, and Food Forest/Savanna

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Geoff Lawton’s list of pioneer plant species used on the greening the desert site

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useful videos

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watering trees, water spikes?? Ideas wanted!

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Mulching with yucca leaves, weeds, and creosote bushes?

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Suburban lawn in the desert

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digital market

World Domination Gardening 3-DVD set as HD instant view

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southwest usa

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Harvesting Condensation / thaw?

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Building a farm in the high desert of California

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high desert

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seeds and breeding

Sagebrush: seeds, cultivation, and permaculture uses

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seeds and breeding

Breeding for dew collection, or my experiments with dryland farming

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cattle

Regenerative grazing demonstration project - on the I-5 in California

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Desert willow and yuccas

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Desert permaculture question/mixed methods for a permaculture noob

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homestead

Air Well - collecting water from the air

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River water home irrigation

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forest garden

Is it Possible to Have a Forest Garden in the Desert?

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Our homestead in Cyprus

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one piece of advice for desert permies- what would YOURS be?

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Need help with drought resistant perennials that deer love?

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books

The Road Back to Nature by Masanobu Fukuoka

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