Q&A: Permaculture in Hot Arid Climates
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7 жыл бұрынQuestion: Best practices for permaculture in hot / arid climates, sequence of permaculture implementation steps in desert locations?
- Anti-evaporation is the priority in hot, arid climates, so we have to increase shade, wind buffering, and use plenty of hardy, legume trees with deep rooting fruit trees.
- Caliche is a hard layer that requires smashing up, after which trees can be planted in holes or pits.
- There should be 50% shade on top of gardens (annual vines), 30% from the east (deciduous vines), 75% from the west (evergreen vines), and about 20% from the sun side (south or north).
- The other goal is to sink water away from the sun, into swales or ephemeral ponds and lakes, using any hard surface as a means of collection.
- Crop fields should be on contour and narrow (able to be shaded), with 70% of the landscape devoted to trees.
- Get this design wrong and it results in a saltiness, but get this right and there will be very high nutrient soil to work with.
@DonnaldaSmolens 7 жыл бұрын
Southern California desert here, zone 9b. Lots of mesquites and Fan Palms. I have a chipper shredder and have used it with these trees and my Barhi date palms. I have a Screw Bean planted in the center of the vegetable garden for future shading. I have to use shade cloth at this time on the west side of the garden. But have plans for grapes on the west side to help with this. My garden is bordered with tire planters and they get too hot in the summer to support most plants but I found that the asparagus survived 95 degree F soil during this time. I am having to do lots of research and experimentation but am growing year round food.
@arvinkim3037 3 жыл бұрын
Hi, I am also in SoCal Desert specifically littlerock ca. Also trying to green the desert. Thanks for the great tips. Whereabouts in so cal desert are you?
@cacosta6294 Жыл бұрын
I'm in Mexicali , growing medjool dates , currently thinkinf to add pomegranates to THE east and west , and also moringa trees
@MajidAlQassimi 7 жыл бұрын
Hi Geoff, thanks for the focus on arid land. Going to try makin this happen in the next year, found a few permaculture grads as well, so we going to try some ground breaking work in the UAE!
@MajidAlQassimi 7 жыл бұрын
TheKlink thank you for the links! Will be looking into this for sure!
@dude9291 4 жыл бұрын
@@MajidAlQassimi Can you document it? I want to try it in Australia and there's sadly not many/any project here :(
@alm_alb 3 жыл бұрын
Majid, I saw your comment that you are in the UAE, and I see that you know about permaculture and have gathered a few permaculturists. I may be a few years late. Majid how can I get involved? I want to learn how to work with the use landscape more. Thank you.
@zazugee 6 жыл бұрын
I'm from Ghardaia, in Algeria desert, arid climate, you're right, most planted lands here are oasis with tall palm trees they provide shade for smaller trees, and the smaller trees provide shade for few vegetables under them traditional agriculture is impossible here there are people who grow vegetables in medium sized plots with lot of watering, and some use shaded tunnels.
@Avicena-tf5uj 6 жыл бұрын
Your the best Geoff!
@JnkAbstrq 2 жыл бұрын
Super info packed into a small time frame
@b_uppy 6 жыл бұрын
A lot of useful info in this video. Thank you.
@ebbaneezafeelgood2094 7 жыл бұрын
Happy cristmas geoff and to all that read this ..... This year is going to be the year i start to see results on my long term plan its been hard journey sarted by mastake to be honest Didnt know a thing. True story when i was in a shop asking for potato seeds Yes. Thats how much i knew it was when the old boys face lit up and he felt the need to tell another group of old boys who all came over to chat with me about potato seeds i knew i needed help. Thanks to jeoff thats changed lol
@btchc01n15 3 жыл бұрын
Would you say this also applies to semi-arid grasslands? I am studying up to design for BSk climate zone and found a lot of this very helpful :)
@JesusFreakJene 6 жыл бұрын
I have a question; would calechi soil in the AZ South be helped by layers of wood chips over a couple years to help loosen the soil?
@anastasiaclendaniel6035 6 жыл бұрын
JesusFreakJene hey you might wanna check out Jake Mace here on KZfaq. He’s got tons of videos that promote exactly what you’re asking about 😀
@TutuSainz 5 жыл бұрын
Anti-evaporation from shade, wind buffering and increasing organic matter production 75% shade from west Holes that allow water to sink into the water table 75% of landscape in trees
@palmtemple Күн бұрын
Rather Show us,these videos are just talking. People need to see what your talking about.
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