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…
August 7, 2021
July 31, 2021
How we’re harvesting, cycling, and playing with multiple, free, on-site waters and what they grow… Before & After photos… For more…
July 22, 2021
Utilizing street runoff to grow and enhance life along the street… For more related images see: Stormwater & street runoff harvesting page Stormwater- & street-runoff-harvesting case study In-street water-harvesting traffic-calming image gallery Water…
Utilizing street runoff to grow and enhance life within the street… For more related images see: Stormwater & street runoff harvesting page Stormwater- & street-runoff-harvesting case study Street-side water harvesting image gallery For…
July 4, 2021
By Brad Lancaster www.HarvestingRainwater.com Like much of the country, drought with high temperatures is drying us out; stressing many shade plants, and threatening our cooling soil-carbon sponges. Yet rain is predicted—so we do…
October 1, 2016
by Brad Lancaster © 2016 www.HarvestingRainwater.com A bare beginning When I moved to the Dunbar/Spring neighborhood in 1994, much of the public right-of-way was not a pleasant place to walk. Most of the…
December 8, 2015
by Brad Lancaster © 2015 www.HarvestingRainwater.com A story of early motivation I grew up in the suburbs of Tucson, surrounded by lush desert vegetation. I would climb it, hide in it, and play…
May 13, 2015
by Brad Lancaster © 2015 www.HarvestingRainwater.com Yesterday riding my bike home I saw a bare wet spot. A prime planting spot. A potential-life spot. A food spot. A joy spot. Such a spot…
October 9, 2014
by Brad Lancaster © 2014 www.HarvestingRainwater.com Hurricanes Norbert and Odile caused horrible destruction in Baja, Mexico, while those of us further north were more fortunate. We got the abundant rainfall from the hurricanes…
May 28, 2013
by Brad Lancaster © 2013 www.HarvestingRainwater.com You don’t need to own property to engage with, harvest, cycle, and enhance your local resources—and your potential to live collaboratively with them. Below are some ideas…