gods

Curful seleerlon or a nu'xud wuldbmak ran achieve
.se ends. ln very dry areas, rl n prudenl ro sen our a
«meal (‘0 l rn deepl plaslle roor errrler helween
de and wlndbuak lo rnlnlmrse werer eompedu‘en
he ehoose Mgr-1y dimlght-adapled windorealr speeres,
and re nguhrly eheelr on ml lnveslun whlle mnulung
M55 (or mulch 5oll [nlnge irom Anna, Cnsveorrn,
preseprs, Levnrenn. Album, and Caprosmn are rdeel
purpose ornlehes. and some spedee provrde 500d lent
[all An invesrigaoon ol loeel Hm ohen yreldsnp many
sarllalrle speeles, Ourslde sueh salt lung: hedges,
encrus, Euphal'bil and lhorny shruos help erelude
mu

Hedges wrlhln rhe girdln ere also or gm! rmporr
m, bu! een oeol smaller heady perenmels lrosernery,
levenderl, erop spedes (sunflowev. srmroorl, or mulrh

es torrralorrnl Fleshy vines on lem- are rdeal m
enrp wlndorealr (Mdanrn, Derrehosl.

The ml lnregelron or house and garden 5 lmpon-
enr. Even in very poor eounrrres, lhe spree oerween and
done lo houses (In area rleh ln nurrienrs, elose ro hand,
and needy shaded and warmed» Ls uflm lell unplanred,
whlle pgvplt"5o re helds ro wurk .

The grape, passonlrull, a sin! var-rely or heans end
pas, mmrhlls, yarns, and ylne hrrlrs, Image vrnes (or
down raolorls or gnlnea pigs, and vrnes pmvldlng
honey and pollen are all deserl or drylend adapled.
Even ln lhesnla—orrlle, lhe srlverbeny (Atmudm orgvler
prorrdes eoproushurr mp. and snrvrves hard ' lers

Belnw lhe l nned or well spared eanopy ul vlnes
and palms ldare or doom palm) gardens nre proreered
(unnamed sun and rhe drying wlnds

 

 

me long serpenrlr-re trunk: or lhe pnln-l lree
rlee alarm every vlllnge and atom every lleld
111: llbwu: palm hes enrered almoer every
[deer or Lhe peoples- lnres. lr ls rhe nrsr llne ol
defunct ngelnsr DI: aun ln roe open llelels. and
m ".5 shade gm- me ollve uee. Under lhe
ollve. lhe he grows. and under lhe fig. lhe
pomegranare end ylrre. rherr lhe gram and
vegelaoles, 1he palm nree-s second com-lou-
rlorl ls dares
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Ddiningthz deserl garden, (Murmur; hzdge or lenee
rs essenrrel ll lhe hedge supplres clipplngs ror mukh
plrs. eoorposr, and porero pores so mneh lhe bench A
rasr, bu| mpoflry, hedre ran be made or banna grass
(Pmniieluml whreh an be an ror rnuleh. lr needs
u-rigalinn m lreep pmdudive, so rs hrrroweplanred nn
manure. Parallel lo lhls. e slower, herdrer pernrenenl
hzdge at eolumnar anus or Euphorbla repels animals,
and rhorny Arron also helps 0»: or lhe pesl “Haydon
wees" Unwhkdgzs) ls e such; rail and wlre renee
(lhe posl lumllermslsnm or sreosoledl ro Carry
leoyaus vrnes sueh as Mikanm. which provlde son
mulch and pee redder. oolrenos beans, lrma beans and

pesslonlrurr can oeeupy parrs ol lhese (edges, as can
vlgomus susr vrnes o1 orher sped-es, AI l 52 rn hrgh,
lhe [zdgu proreel Ha m wrdrhs ol garden.

olllsrde lhrs rysleor sperm raller slow wmdbluk ol
xonun eypress, Cosverrnn, or Arena on drlp pmvide
high mndbmak. bur only Il Space allows. olives oley
also esubllih. 10a] hardy evergreens ran bechosul tor
lhese 255a: rn grrds.

We need lo male a yadaoon lronr erops and graune
rn nee pmduns and longs, [M as nees are lhe nun-lenr
sloreges ol rhe hurrud "opus, lhey are lhe grounds
warer moderrlors or she drylands, We are nor shon u‘
rree sperres wrrh whlrh xo do lhls, end If we have
enough ma plenred. modesl gmn end pesnare seeps
can also be developed Our error has been ro develop
gram loods al the exptme ol rrees, and lo errervd grass-
lands end enrps unrrl we ereare dam, or ro desrroy
lives unlll duesalls rn d6"! solls oealerurlaee erusrs.

l rannol srress eoo ollen lhel wherever we harvesr
warer, rr should be ro sleale lusts. Noe ro plenr ones
may mean rhar we ereare walerlrreged and rneerelrle
deserl sells, and rhus perperuale or errend rell
problems

PLAN'HNG AND VEGEFATION |N SEITLEMENTS

ngumus vegehllve duly: or selllemenl ealls lor
adapred perennrals, bum lorlood and shade, hardy and
prelsrably local speeres rn Shh-mus, h1g5 areas o1
overhead vrne lrellrs, and mlly a srrlrrly reenlaled
emnonl ol lawn. Surh lawns (in he of lappr‘a or elher
Cnrpcfing and dmghl-Mulam plenrs. Goll eourses,
errenslve grass lawns, ear washes, and my open pools
or ponds supplled el puhlle eosl are dryland dlseslers
vrhleh need ro be taxed ml! olenlsleneern and lends.

There are many rery hardy and uselul «reer needrnr,
only a swole nurby ro survrre years 0! relallve
Amughl However, even wnler—dependenl rrnrr lrees
an be grown ln or near swales, rn eourlyerds, and
along rend ruled lo hervesrwarer run-on

A erlrlral Iefllzmem s|n|egy rs lo develop blond
(am-400 rn deepl an parle arorrrrd or even wllhrn rlre
serrlemenr, lo ellmlnere um only lhe deli-mung dry
deserr winds. bu| also re help provide hrele, rnnlrh,
medlonre, end (a supplernenr domesrer anrmel rouge
Thls plnnllne rr lhe llrsl llne ol defence aeelnsl rhe
desen, wrlhrn lrs sheller, gardens and erops ean rhrlve
wrllrool wmd damage or exeesslve warer loss (“gun
11.77)

Whar len-hu Chen; (NED eellr lhe -elorhesllne
effed‘. or lhe erred cl (advededr dry hen alr blnwing
rnlo reop, is at parrleular Dom ln draen gardens. A
gmmnlmflsflelmmdmhnzdkdfllhe
desen borders of enlrlvaled land, or rhe desen heeomes
selfrprmpagplmg The sum dmses exponenoelly, so
rhnl end. a lnoad guard Emesl seer-rel desert mks e
sereenrng whleh zflzdivzly proleers cups or errldvaoed
lands lrom rhe dessrearron for e great dlslanse
downwlnd

ln sreh esses, rl ls pelrer ro umflihh deep reee belrs

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