These runoff-harvesting basins are largely self-maintaining, thus they are typically my favorite—especially for do-it-yourselfers… As an eddy basin fills with water, the water gradually and calmly backs up to the basin’s inflow point,…
We’ve found it is essential people have a clear understanding of what is expected of them, and their responsibilities when they install a street runoff-harvesting earthwork in the public right-of-way adjoining their property.…
Costs estimates are for Tucson, Arizona as of August 2021 (with some updates, as noted below)… See chapter 8 of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 2, 2nd Edition for info on…
This is a supplement to “How To Cut Curbs and Harvest Street Runoff” in chapter 8 of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 2, 2nd Edition… That is why this supplement begins…
These multi-use rain-garden plants lists are invitations to collaborate with and enhance living systems in our shared built environments… They are the result of striving to transform simple plant lists into more dynamic…
There are three rain-garden planting zones, each for a different microclimate within a rain garden… Bottom – typically bottom of a basin or swale.Prone to temporary pooling of water and cold air (cool…
This is a month-by-month planting guide for food plants in the Tucson area, southern Arizona, and northern Sonora Mexico… It is compiled from Desert Harvest, Tucson Organic Gardeners’ Composter newsletter, Native Seeds/SEARCH planting…
Compiled by Brad Lancaster from various sources listed below Plant the following GOOD plants — especially those native to your area — within or beside water-harvesting earthworks around your goat pen and along…
Mostly native, plus a few exotic plants also loved by chickens. These plants grow well in Tucson, Phoenix, Hermosillo, and throughout the Sonoran Desert. All but the shortest plants provide shelter for the…
How we’re harvesting, cycling, and playing with multiple, free, on-site waters and what they grow… Before & After photos… For more…