Comments on: Irrigation – drainage – water harvesting – permaculture http://solar-wind-power.org/permaculture/2010/02/irrigation-drainage-water-harvesting-permaculture/ Off grid and building in the Joshua Tree high desert in NorthWest Arizona Mon, 21 Mar 2011 03:08:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Christine http://solar-wind-power.org/permaculture/2010/02/irrigation-drainage-water-harvesting-permaculture/comment-page-1/#comment-577 Christine Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:46:54 +0000 http://solar-wind-power.org/?p=370#comment-577 Yeah, we should have had some boats! We were VERY excited to see it all work as planned. And it was a lot of work, but not nearly as hard as I expected. We didn't even start until after the last storms and then only worked about a couple hours/day IF we had time to work outside. Probably no more than 15 hours of the two of us tearing out bushes and making the ditches (watching videos and reading up on permaculture NOT included). It's amazing how much easier it is when the soil is wet. I just had a look at your rosemary wreaths, what a great idea: http://gardensindesert.blogspot.com/2010/02/little-rosemary-wreaths.html We'll be planting lots of rosemary. Once it's established, even the rabbits should be leaving it alone. Yeah, we should have had some boats! We were VERY excited to see it all work as planned.

And it was a lot of work, but not nearly as hard as I expected. We didn’t even start until after the last storms and then only worked about a couple hours/day IF we had time to work outside. Probably no more than 15 hours of the two of us tearing out bushes and making the ditches (watching videos and reading up on permaculture NOT included).

It’s amazing how much easier it is when the soil is wet.

I just had a look at your rosemary wreaths, what a great idea:

http://gardensindesert.blogspot.com/2010/02/little-rosemary-wreaths.html

We’ll be planting lots of rosemary. Once it’s established, even the rabbits should be leaving it alone.

]]> By: Laura GID http://solar-wind-power.org/permaculture/2010/02/irrigation-drainage-water-harvesting-permaculture/comment-page-1/#comment-576 Laura GID Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:03:56 +0000 http://solar-wind-power.org/?p=370#comment-576 Awesome job, and it looked like a lot of work. Time to do the dance of joy! (and make some little boats!) Awesome job, and it looked like a lot of work. Time to do the dance of joy! (and make some little boats!)

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