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By Nicole Graboi, 2014
A Permaculture restoration site in Ethiopia – within six years
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Watersheds and Aquifers
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Independence Basin - Guanajuato
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All Rivers of Rio Laja converge in S.M.A.
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The “line in the sand” between San Miguel
de Allende and Comonfort
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Mining Centers – New Spain 1521 - 1821
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Map today – area around Guanajuato
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Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
Was A Pine/Oak Forest - pina y roble
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Tropics and Subtropics of the World
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Rainfall distribution - Mexico
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Global temp. change 30 years
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Rise in Co2 emissions
and Antarctic temperature
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Top 10 countries - Deforestation
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Mexico:Rainfall, & Chihauhan Desert
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Desertification
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Facts about global climate change: Greenhouse gases are 30% higher than in 800,000 years
and as high as any time in 15 million years The Arctic is as warm as any time in the last 44,000 years
and maybe in the last 120,000 years.
Carbon dioxide is increasing 14,000 times faster than
anything normal in the last 610,000 years. The second most important greenhouse gas, methane (due
to livestock) is 105X more potent a greenhouse gas thanCo2.
Forests in the Canadian Rockies have seen a 10x increase in
mortality in the last fifty years. Dust Bowl drought across much of North America will be
the average conditions beginning in 2030 – 2039, and hasalready started in California.
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The Hydrologic Cycle
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Mequites, Alfalfa, Eucalyptus andCommon prickly pearCommon pest pear
Opuntia Stricta
Invasive and Water Thirsty Species:
not Opuntia ficus indica (with tunas)
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Major study – Eritrea – re Prosopis
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How Australians view Mesquite
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Grasses planted post Mesquite
on flatter rangelands
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Pull up 4” - 9” diameter mesquites with single trunks in
non-supportive locations /Chop ‘n Drop smaller ones.
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Tree chipper
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Rotational Grazing
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Grasses Suitable for here
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Millet
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By-products of Mesquite
• Chips – for mulch, as well as for smoking food• Lumber for crafts, flooring and furniture
• Firewood, fuel
• Charcoal (harvested or pulled up)• Use branches for fencing (to protect from livestock)
• HARVESTING – for pods (if dense stands)
• A. mesquite flour
• B. Mesquite coffee
• C. mesquite tortillas and atole
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Mesquite flour
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Beehive charcoal kilns
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Uses for Nopales
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Portable Rock Crushers
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Dry riverbeds to greenery
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Riverbeds: Palms, Willows & PoplarsPalmas, Saucé y alamos
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Zone 0: Private - 3 hectares
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Zone 0: Filomena’s land: 3 hectares (7.4 acres)
An Office
A Library with 3 computers plus books, Cds and DVD rentals Two Conference rooms/Classrooms (with large oval tables -
room for 30 each)(for meetings and bilingual classes (A-Z about organic growing)
Four large greenhouses for seedlings plus experimentation withnew species as well as aquaponics, for example
A Seed Bank/Seed Library An Edible Food Forest (2 acres) with a “Pick It Yourself” area Compost Piles A Store: Sell tools and supplies for urban and rural dwellers with
a section for food products and crafts made by our entrepreneurs Demos of sample cottage industries, plus on-site training for
local entrepreneurs Provide micro-loans for small-scale, local enterprises.
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Zone 1: 125 acres (50 hectares)
Has 3 main slopes: steep, piedmont and flat
Establish swales, terraces, ponds and other earthworks + water harvesting and irrigation systems
On slopes and flatlands, start with pioneer vegetation,(mostly leguminous) and then plant evergreens, oaks, fruit
and other deciduous trees for food, lumber, fuel, etc. On hilly or flat area, grow tall grasses and create animal
lanes plus moveable pastures for livestock
Also, plant orchards, plantations and alley crops
Restore riparian zones A bodega for storage and/or rental of machinery,
equipment, tools
Once established: An Eco-Lodge and/or Camp grounds
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Regenerating riparian zones
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Riverbeds: Palms,Willows & Poplars
S l d t
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Swales, dams, terraces
Zimbahwe – early 90s
Zimbahwe – 10 years later
Swales and water infiltration
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Swales and water infiltration
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Water Infiltration – Groundwater
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Abundance On Our Land
Suitable Leguminous Cover Crops for
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Suitable Leguminous Cover Crops for
hillsides and flatlands
Black-eyed Susans
Common Vetch Arveja Común
Leguminous foods
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Leguminous foods
Pigeon Peas
Gandules
Mung beansFrijoles mungo
GarbanzosChickpeas
Sweet potatoesBatatas
Nit fi i t A i
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Nitrogen-fixing trees: Acacias
Ayudan fijación de nitrógeno
But not huisache (con espinas) which can be invasive
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Nitrogen-fixing Albezias
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Enterolobiums
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Palo Dulce – also a leguminous tree/bush
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Leucaena and Bursera
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Also leguminous - Caliandras
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Another Soil Enricher –Alder (Aliso)
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Collect yard waste food scraps manure
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Collect yard waste, food scraps, manure,
corn stalks (desechos de patio, restos de
comida, estiércol, tallos de maiz)
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make compost
b l
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Using a subsoiler
Water Harvesting Methods
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Rain barn & Recharge pit
Water Harvesting Methods
Deep pipe & porous pipe irrigation
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Deep pipe & porous pipe irrigation
Soil & Water Aids: Earthworms
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Soil & Water Aids: Earthworms,
Mycorrhizae and Polymer crystals
Super-Absorbent Polymer Crystals
Mycorrihizae
All C i / A f
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Alley Cropping/ Agroforestry
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Forest Gardens/ Food Forests
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Mexican Hickory
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Mexican Hickory
(pacana o arbol coloquial)
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Ipomoea Arborescens
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Haematoxylumil & Calliandra
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Cercis Canadensis
A hl i id
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Arctostaphlos viscida
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Moringa Orchard
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Pawlonia trees
Forest Succession
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Forest Succession
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Tree planting - Macedonia
A land we could have
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A land we could haveLahore, India – 10 years before/after
Hemp is legal after a plant