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The eowboys have won lhe d- bul ruined lhe mule lu
du su.
movaow OFNUCLEII FOR RAIN
nle uywam spusls ol hulnld all eolnlng up llolu lne
lolesl carry lnseels, pollen, and banal-l: sloll rhls is
besl seen es nighlsul pulls, swills and ibls splxallmg up
wllh lhe welln I" and actively ulehm, lnseels ulled
hum lhe lulesl; lheu geslne pellels eonsisl ol lnseel
lenlnins ll ls lhese organic ama] pamdes lpdllen, lea!
dusl, end heelene nullnlyl lhsl (rum lhe nuclell lm
lhe violznl hailstorms lhel plague Kenya le.
plenungs may well be Quad by lea dusl snl-led up by
the leeel wulds and lhe leel u! pKkm, Ind “one above
me ground (he piflxdes ale eeslly dlewn up lulu
lhunderheedno help lunn lhe hellslullns lhel bombs-d
lhe lee-glowing mess in ssleundln, numbels.. Kenyan
engenle lee leel llnel eeused water to heeze in e kit
ehsnlbel sl only eswc. ln mmpiflwfl wllh fleeting
pulnlsol AXI"C lol eueelyphls gmzlelfliflu, .nd $°C
lol the llllel lloln lhe loe |xnd' enous Iolesls- lol
Coluledol, lhsl ls, les el - e lnueh bellel
kcdmgigufl lhen slluee lodlde, which lequhes .s-c
lo >|DC la seed eluudss- (Nrw Selennsl, 22 Mel 79:
Thus, lhe nlelenels given up by yegelsnon may be a
enueel mm m |henmhll lnhnd lloln lose-s
All ul lhese Iacmrs eleeleol ellmlgh loluny person be
undelslsnd To doubl lhe eonneellon belween losesls
and lhe welel :yde ls m doubl |hal milk hows [mm lne
blessl pl lhe molllen whleh is 105! lhe analogy given lb
wsler by lllbel peoples Tlees wele ”my hell m lhe
mnh“ whlell eeughl lhe nusls and made lhe nyels flaw.
5ueh nlelepnons ele clear illuguncil guldes |o sensible
eonoluel, and mused lhe Hiwainns lwhu hsol
(hemselves brunghl pn eslllel enyilbnnlenlsl
esluslmphesl lo "labu lolesl (“lung bl even lo make
tracks all high slupes, Mid |u pleee lnuunuin bees in e
sackd or ploleeled eelegoly, Nuw lhel we begin lo
undelsland lhe lessons {or lhese behels, we eould
oulsellves \wk on llees as our essenliel mmpanimls,
swing us all lhe needs ol llle, end deslrvlng oluul pale
and mytfl
ll ls nurshalegies onelle lhel man wama scam oi
plennlul lesoulee. 1p sun mlh, we musl exulnlne way:
lo lnelesse \oal pleclpllnuon. Unless lhele ls ubsolulely
no (lee wales m lhe I" and mill eboul us lend lhele
.slweys ls some), we een usually incleese ll on—sile
Her! ale some basic suulegles ol wsler eepnue hbln
all
- We esn sool lhe all by shnde pl by pmvldmg sold
sulleees lor u |n flow aver, using bees and shmbi, or
melels. lneluding gluss.
. We can eeol air by (dieing ll |a hlehel elllludes, by
pmvidlng wlndluesle. oz pmvxding updlsuellls lnun
hukd us but Surfim llelxe eoneleled eleesl, or by
nleenenleul nleensmiglndusmel fins)
- We an ploylele eondenslllpn lluelell lol fllndmpi
|n km on, team puuen, ham, and max“: pemeles
- We een eolnples all In make wulel lnule plenlllul
per unil yulunle ol ell, by [mung snealnllnes lu
cum/erg: oyel um and olneels, oi loleln; lulbulenl
flow ln sllsllesnls lumen spin-ls),
If by any sllelegy we can cool air, and pluyide
sullsble eundensullun sulluees or nuelell, we can
lnelease pleclplluliun loeelly. Trees. espeelslly
elosswuld bells 0! call llees, meel a" a] lhesl enmu m
line mltxmltd syslem. They also slole wulel (or loeel
elunnlle lnpdllleenun. nlsls we can clearly see llees as e
sllslegy vol (mun; ulule wa|u lus loal use
ln suuunuy, we do um need to .eeepl "nmlafl" es
heyln, eyerylhlng |o do wllh ml loesl plesiplleuon,
espeelnlly ll we live within small km or (oasis (as
much of lhe world does), nd we du um need lu eeeepl
lhel Ianl pledpllsllon esnnol be ehsnged (m ellnes
dueeuunl lly mu amon and deslgm un slle
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HOW A TREE INTERACIS
WITH RAIN
Rain lslls. end many bans bl lsln lney unpsel on esnh
ln an hour or so. Cm lme soils and lhlnly speeed el
eulnveled (lop, lhe llnpael or dloplels can-us ew.y snxl,
and my lypleslly remove all l/hs, pl up lo mas
lonnes ln :xmme downpnuls. When we hate lhe sml,
we lose lheeenh
Water luneull and pan eesppmlun, eseuneled is
80-90% ol all mm lslllng un Anslrilla, (Imus a"
minus and slll lo lhe see ur |n lnland bssuu As we
dear lhe land, l-uneou lnele-ses .nd lpl a wnlle lhls
pleases pselple, who see lhell dams llll qnlddy Bu! lhe
denls win slll up and lhe nyel eyeuluelly eesse |0 now,
and (he clunng 0! rolesls wlll lesull ln llood and
droughl, nol e long-legumes: and slesuy supply ol
dean waln
When nln lslls on e foml,a complex ploeess beglns
Fuslly, lhe llee canopy shellels and nullu-les lhe Impad
esleel oi lulnalops. ledueun, lhe leln lo a lhln nusl
below lhe eenppy, even in lhe lnpsl mmnllal showels.
111m ls shshl meusulable slll losi lmnl lnelule lolesls,
eneeeded by lhe aesllpn ulsolls by telesls.
ll lhe mn ls llghl, lillle ol u pennules beyund lhe
unnpy, bul . mm o: wile: spmids selose lhe lesyes
and slenls, end is lapped [hm by sumee lensiun The
eells oi lhe llee absurh whsl is needed, and lhe
lenulindel eyepoleles lo .u. Whele nu leln penetrates
lhmugh lhe eenopy, lhls euee ' lelnled |olz|
lnNKtplwn" INTERCEI'HON ls lhe .snluunl o1 nlns
lell eeughl ln lhe elown ll ls lhe mus| llnponenl
Primary elleel at m or lolesls on rain, The deyee pl
ulleleepben ls mesl lnnuensed by lhese laden
- clown mick-ms.
. Crown densily,
- Seesaw
- lnlensily ol run, end
- Evlpcubml zfifl mn.
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