Irrigation
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Terracotta Irrigation Controller
Many farmers are finding that the cost of electricity to operate pumps is making it very difficult to afford drip…
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DIY Universal Measured Irrigation Controller Kit User Manual
Introduction to the DIY Universal Measured Irrigation Controller Kit Measured irrigation is an irrigation scheduling method that satisfies the following…
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How to make your garden drought proof, using unglazed clay pots.
A step by step guide how you can make your own ollas, clay pots for irrigation for your organic permaculture…
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Water Saving Irrigation Practices
Saving water in the soil is without a doubt the easiest and most effective way to manage the water flowing…
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The Problems with our Industrial Water System Today
Imagine that you´re in your home on a rainy afternoon. It has been raining for two days straight now and…
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California Drought Update. A Way Forward
California’s drought woes are well known. One Central Valley farmer thinks he might have at least a partial solution: flooding.…
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Where Did the Water Go in Central Valley California
Matt Powers takes this opportunity to provide an example presentation for my 2014-15 sophomore class’ PowerTalks. mpowersmhs.wikispaces.com Matt discuss the…
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Re-Greening a Mountain
When Geoff Lawton says this is the best Permaculture demonstration site on the planet, then you have to stop and…
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Nursery Quality to Tree Planting Success – the “Airpot”
We can be proud of many landscape tree outcomes, but there are some alarming tree failures in our parks and…
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Hey! It’s High Cold Dry and Windy and Doing just Great!
Every now and then you come across climate that is not so user-friendly. It’s in the High, Dry and Cold…
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Finding Water in the Desert
We were recently filming in Nevada, USA, visiting interesting high dry and cold climate systems. We went out in search…
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Experimenting with Overflowing Circles and Slow-Flow Swales (Panama)
The jungle garden I am not Bill Mollison or Geoff Lawton, they will both happily report; rather, I am but…
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