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Secret soil tanks
When we first talked about moving over here, my then-two-year-old daughter was very clear that she wanted us to plant an orange tree. I thought that sounded just fine. I highly approve of kids eating oranges straight from the tree. … Continue reading
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Tagged citrus, companion planting, droughtproofing, legumes, lemon, lemonade lemon, lime, liquorice, long term strategy, low water use, peanuts, secret soil tanks, self-watering, soil conditioning, soil protection, soil rehabilitation, soil structures, unirrigated, west indian lime, zone 4
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Tatooine on Earth – about fog, dew and moisture harvesting (part 1)
Tatooine. An archetypal image for sandy, dry, desert. Like ours, but alien, with strange technology and strange industries. Like moisture farming. Almost the same as here, farming’s easy to imagine happening anywhere, but farming *moisture* is just different enough for … Continue reading
Water banking and developing it in Australia
One idea that’s cropped up occasionally recently is water banking. The basic idea is that you take water in flood years and set it aside for use in drought years. Simple enough, and a compelling concept given the increased variability … Continue reading
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Tagged aquifer, droughtproofing, eureka prizes, futureproofing, groundwater, research, science, underground river, water banking
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