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Tyler Ludens wrote:Look at rainwater harvesting earthworks as a first step in your plan.
1. Water
2. Access
3. Structures (includes buildings, gardens, food forest)
Be sure to include a huge amount of support species: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLlig9tRJvQ
Michelle Bisson wrote:Study how the rainwater flows in your land: the normal rains as well as the heavy rains.
Since you live in a dry area, you will especially need to profit from the rainwater you can harvest through earthworks (if you have access to equipment) or other means of slowing down & sinking water into the land through the laying out of rocks, branches, logs, mulch berms across the surface of the land. if you use logs above ground, you have to be careful that they are not in the flow of heavy rains that could send the log to do damage.
Ty Greene wrote:
My plans next are to get some soil testing done, and contact the government departments associated with land conservation/farmland/forestry to see what help they might have to offer, you should look into your local authorities and see if they offer any assistance.
I am fairly certain that some grant money (or at least low interest loans) and low cost (maybe even free?) native plants/trees can be obtained through them where I am at here in the US.
And if you can locate any near by farms or companies that could hook you up with compost or mulch that would be great! There are a few tree service places I see on the way to my property and soon I plan on stopping in and seeing if they want a free dump site :)
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Eric Lehmann wrote:Luckily we don't have much frost and if so, only at night and not much.
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Tyler Ludens wrote:
Eric Lehmann wrote:Luckily we don't have much frost and if so, only at night and not much.
I encourage you to try growing Moringa if you don't already plan to. It is currently my favorite tree. Grows ten feet tall in one season! Leaves, flowers, and pods are edible. Also good for mulch production.
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