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Commenced:
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01/01/2014 |
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Submitted:
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04/03/2014 |
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Last updated:
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07/10/2015 |
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Location:
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5675 Majestiv View Rd SW, Deming, NM, US |
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Website:
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www.facebook.com/IslandofGreen |
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Climate zone:
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Hot Desert |
This project intends to transform a 10-acre sandbox into an "Island of Green" in the desert.
This is what we start with: a 10-acre sandbox in the Northern Chihuahua desert. 
10 acres = 4 ha = 220 yards (200m) squared.
Mesquite, noxious weeds and some annual grasses is all that grows here without extra water. About 65% of the property is bare sandy loam.
The land is quite flat with a gradient NW to SE of only 0.4%, and most of that in the right bottom corner.
This project is still in the early planning stages:
Main problems perceived + intended solutions:
1. rainfall is rare, but strong with runoff.
--> high-volume swales and water collection pits to capture max. amount of water.
2. land is extremely flat, with flooding danger of house
--> Around house = drainage away instead of collection, The berms of swales downstream of the house need to be frequently interrupted to prevent backup flooding of the house.
3. mesquite is virtually undestructable.
--> goats can eat mesquite. This maintains the native mesquite in the landscape, but as a single-trunk shade tree rather than a nuisance thorn bush.
4. Wind erosion is extreme with severe dust storms. --> multiple swales + berms along the West border will be planted with high trees and / or bamboo.
Comments and suggestions invited.
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Island of Green - February 2015 update.
An early Spring is a good time to get started again.
Island of Green - September 2014 update.
Island of Green - September 2014 update. Rain at last!
Island of Green - August 2014 update.
Island of Green - August 2014 update. Progress is slow.
Island of Green - April 2014 update.
Island of Green - Initial dirtworks April 2014.
Volunteers Invited!
What is needed, and who can help?
From Sandbox to Island of Green - STAGE ONE.
Ideas and Planning: the How and Why behind this Project.
'Island of Green" is alive!
From design to practice: trees, bees and chicks.