High Desert Permaculture and Natural Building

Author: Christine

Papercrete for ponds?

I was reminded about papercrete at another IC website yesterday and decided to do a little more research. To my amazement, you can even make PONDS out of papercrete. We just got 100 lbs of sodium bentonite to waterproof the...

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The pallet board garden fence

We happened to get a bunch of free pallet boards last week, right after we fenced the new garden area with stucco wire.   So we decided to build a little fence to protect the plants from the South wind that blows all summer. You...

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Other news

The timing was PERFECT, just as we got done planting all the trees it SNOWED. It melted by evening, but it was great to get badly needed moisture. The dogs LOVED the snow and played outside all day. We THOUGHT that this is...

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Basil

Last year we got the Horizon Herbs basil collection and we finally planted seeds in winter.  We’ve been growing their holy basil all summer and still have some going, too. These pics are from February, been so busy. This...

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Planting trees

The fruit trees are in the new garden area on top, except for the dwarf peach I’ve had in a pot for a couple years and we planted it on the hill before we fenced the new garden.  This is a picture taken today, it just...

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