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Commenced:	01/01/2014
Submitted:	04/03/2014
Last updated:	07/10/2015
Location:	5675 Majestiv View Rd SW, Deming, NM, US
Website:	www.facebook.com/IslandofGreen
Climate zone:	Hot Desert

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Island of Green - February 2015 update.

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Posted by Geert Cuypers almost 10 years ago

An early Spring is a good time to get started again.

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February.
More than 2 months have gone by since my last post. We haven't had any freezing in the last 2 weeks. Daytime pleasantly in the 70s F (15+ C) already. The roses are starting to sprout.
Winter has been unusually wet, with rain and snow throughout January (Normally only December) and there is a sheen of green in many places. The first flowers are starting to BLOOM already! (Pic1)

PERMACULTURE UPDATE:
Topmost part of swale 3 (Pic2) :
* widen to 2 1/2 ft, (Pic4)
* get horse manure (Pic5) and
* fill the swale with old horse manure. (Pic6+7)

Swale #3 is considerably smaller than the other swales because it's function is different. Primary purpose is water DISTRIBUTION, rather than water harvesting.

I use a lot of water for the ducks. A small ditch 3a (Pic3) carries the excess water into swale #3 where it gets distributed over a large area.
This keeps the duck pen clean and dry, while the water flow prevents mosquitoes from breeding in the duck pond.

The soil for swale 3 is an organic-poor sandy loam. Water sinks away within 24 hrs. The manure adds organic material that will function as a moisture reservoir. The top layer of the manure will dry out quickly in the Summer heat, but the deeper layers will remain moist for a long time. This moisture reservoir will allow several pioneer plants (cattail, sorghum, datura, desert willow, mimosa, mesquite, berries, ... ) to thrive throughout the Summer, independent of rainfall.

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