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…
August 3, 2021
Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Native Food Forest. Tucson, Arizona, USA. Latitude 32.2˚N. Elevation 2,555 feet (779 meters). Tucson, Arizona, USA. Average annual precipitation 11 inches (280mm)… Ideally, you plant the rain before you plant your…
Underwood Family Sonoran Landscape Laboratory. College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA). University of Arizona. Tucson, Arizona, USA. Latitude 32.2˚. Elevation 2,555 feet (779 meters). Average annual precipitation 11 inches (280 mm).…
August 1, 2021
Good and bad examples of downspout inlet screens… Check out the following award-winning books available at deep discount direct from the author (Volume 1 has a set of guiding principles specific to the…
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…
Collaborating with rainwater’s potential… For more… Rainwater harvesting resources Rainwater harvesting case studies See additional image galleries here and learn how to design and implement many of these systems and more in the…
April 4, 2021
by Brad Lancaster www.HarvestingRainwater.com In 2014 and 2016 I had the honor of being able to travel to Zimbabwe to learn from indigenous water harvesters and the amazing people with Muonde Trust, and…
March 27, 2021
Rainwater Spiritual is a sweet rain of a water-harvesting song written and performed by Gabrielle Pietrangelo (though I had the honor of giving a minor assist with a couple of the lyrics). Check…
September 14, 2020
By Brad Lancaster www.HarvestingRainwater.com In 2018 and 2019 I had the pleasure to work with Rob Kater and crew of Native Resource International to incorporate stealth water- and soil-harvesting strategies into an…