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keyhole garden in summer drought

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Prickly Pear are the perfect permaculture plant for parched places

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

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World Domination Gardening 3-DVD set as HD instant view

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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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Permaculture in Extreme Desert?

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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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WyOasis (in the snow) Greenhouse Build

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Greening the Desert (and updates) by Geoff Lawton

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

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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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Some Medicinal Plants that will Work in a Desert Forest Garden

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Mulching with yucca leaves, weeds, and creosote bushes?

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Abundance on Dry Land, documentary, streaming

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A great green wall to combat desertification!

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Suburban lawn in the desert

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Elemental Change: A film about water, humans, climate, and life on earth.

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Sowing Water??

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Hilly mountain to capture rainwater?

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Help a noob thinking of buying land (mountainous desert)

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Looking for guidance

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River water home irrigation

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Sagebrush: seeds, cultivation, and permaculture uses

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Russian olive a heavy drinker?

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high desert

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Desert Tree Establishment

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

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watering trees, water spikes?? Ideas wanted!

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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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Desert Tree Establishment

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Desert Greenhouse

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Help me transform this into something useful

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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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Breeding for dew collection, or my experiments with dryland farming

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

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Groasis Waterboxx

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Desert willow and yuccas

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Mulching with yucca leaves, weeds, and creosote bushes?

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Desert permaculture question/mixed methods for a permaculture noob

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greenhouses

WyOasis (in the snow) Greenhouse Build

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Air Well - collecting water from the air

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River water home irrigation

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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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gardening for beginners

Reduce your garden's watering needs

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The Road Back to Nature by Masanobu Fukuoka

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Planning for a Fall Garden

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A great green wall to combat desertification!

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Abundance on Dry Land, documentary, streaming

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Questions about homesteading/permaculture in the desert

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My Love Affair with Buffalograss, Buchloe dactyloides

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Some Medicinal Plants that will Work in a Desert Forest Garden

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my final update on Al Baydha

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Help a noob thinking of buying land (mountainous desert)

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Mark Vander Meer on Soils

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Russian olive a heavy drinker?

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Permaculture attempt in high desert of California

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Parkstrip design vs urban runoff (looking for ideas)

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Planting Desert Trees IN the Swales

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Hilly mountain to capture rainwater?

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Hilly mountain to capture rainwater?

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Desert Corn Growing Techniques

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Is this permaculture and can it be done in the southwest desert?

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