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RE: HOLISTIC REGENERATION - The Regrarians® Platform - Introduction
I'm looking forward to your series! There have been so many great folks working on regenerative agriculture over the years. I always liked the work of the Rodale Institute because they did a lot of experimenting and testing. And they viewed actively participating in regeneration of damaged systems as a way balance out a lot of the negative things that we hear all the time. It helps us, too, not just the land.
You mentioned the difficulty in dealing with arid lands systems. That's a challenge, for sure. The Malpais Borderlands Group in the US Southwest is pretty successful in my view, on a large landscape scale and integrating ranching. Regenerate! : )
Thank you. Yeah, they ring a bell. I'm in AZ and see a lot of the challenge. Unfortunately, few in our area recognize now much they can change the landscape through holistic design. Overgrazing and destruction of soil nutrients continue to be the norm. We see pioneer species such as creosote overwhelming what used to be fairly productive land, in spite of being desert.
I'll have to look further into The Malpais Borderlands Group. Thanks again.
It doesn't help that the groundwater tables have been sucked so far down, either. In Tucson, Brad Lancaster has done a lot with rainwater harvesting. Tucson has some pretty cool ordinances that promote rainwater harvesting, too. Best of luck in your regeneration, too!
You know Brad? He's a great guy, isn't he? He's done some amazing work. I got to spend some time with him last year, along with Art Ludwig. Art's place is amazing. He catches thousands of gallons from storm events.
We're working on our own harvesting too. So far I am not storing the runoff in cisterns, but have developed my yard so that no water that lands on my property leaves it. A couple of flood areas are now more efficient water harvesting areas too.
I'm looking forward to your digging report and your curb cut, too. Dig on! :D
Guerrilla curb cuts, on their way! That's how Tucson started. People were doing it on their own, in the middle of the night. So the city had their Dept. Transportation look at them and make some standard designs. Now, real contractors can do this, on the up and up, for anyone. Good luck in working with your city.
Yeah, I'll do it when the structure is there. But I have a lot of digging to make it worthwhile first. But we get HUGE flow when it rains here, so I'll be able to do get a nice swath soaking up runoff. And I already have co-conspirators to help with the curb-cut. :P
That's great! Yeah, Brad does pretty great work. Tucson Water didn't trust their water meters with his house, because he wasn't using any water. It's great if you don't have any runoff. Keep in onsite. Now folks are putting in the curb cuts and little street dams to get the street runoff into their landscaping, haha.
I have a design for a couple of curb cuts here. I tried to get the city to participate, but they don't want to. It's in the middle of a long list of things to do. :)