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gods
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Curful seleerlon or a nu'xud wuldbmak ran achieve
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.se ends. ln very dry areas, rl n prudenl ro sen our a
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«meal (‘0 l rn deepl plaslle roor errrler helween
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de and wlndbuak lo rnlnlmrse werer eompedu‘en
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he ehoose Mgr-1y dimlght-adapled windorealr speeres,
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and re nguhrly eheelr on ml lnveslun whlle mnulung
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M55 (or mulch 5oll [nlnge irom Anna, Cnsveorrn,
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preseprs, Levnrenn. Album, and Caprosmn are rdeel
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purpose ornlehes. and some spedee provrde 500d lent
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[all An invesrigaoon ol loeel Hm ohen yreldsnp many
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sarllalrle speeles, Ourslde sueh salt lung: hedges,
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encrus, Euphal'bil and lhorny shruos help erelude
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mu
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Hedges wrlhln rhe girdln ere also or gm! rmporr
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m, bu! een oeol smaller heady perenmels lrosernery,
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levenderl, erop spedes (sunflowev. srmroorl, or mulrh
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es torrralorrnl Fleshy vines on lem- are rdeal m
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enrp wlndorealr (Mdanrn, Derrehosl.
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The ml lnregelron or house and garden 5 lmpon-
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enr. Even in very poor eounrrres, lhe spree oerween and
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done lo houses (In area rleh ln nurrienrs, elose ro hand,
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and needy shaded and warmed» Ls uflm lell unplanred,
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whlle pgvplt"5o re helds ro wurk .
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The grape, passonlrull, a sin! var-rely or heans end
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pas, mmrhlls, yarns, and ylne hrrlrs, Image vrnes (or
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down raolorls or gnlnea pigs, and vrnes pmvldlng
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honey and pollen are all deserl or drylend adapled.
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Even ln lhesnla—orrlle, lhe srlverbeny (Atmudm orgvler
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prorrdes eoproushurr mp. and snrvrves hard ' lers
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Belnw lhe l nned or well spared eanopy ul vlnes
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and palms ldare or doom palm) gardens nre proreered
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(unnamed sun and rhe drying wlnds
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me long serpenrlr-re trunk: or lhe pnln-l lree
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rlee alarm every vlllnge and atom every lleld
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111: llbwu: palm hes enrered almoer every
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[deer or Lhe peoples- lnres. lr ls rhe nrsr llne ol
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defunct ngelnsr DI: aun ln roe open llelels. and
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m ".5 shade gm- me ollve uee. Under lhe
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ollve. lhe he grows. and under lhe fig. lhe
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pomegranare end ylrre. rherr lhe gram and
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vegelaoles, 1he palm nree-s second com-lou-
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rlorl ls dares
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lwrllirms. c um, Craftsmen o/ Nreessrry,
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Vrnreee Books, N use rlenre ms
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Ddiningthz deserl garden, (Murmur; hzdge or lenee
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rs essenrrel ll lhe hedge supplres clipplngs ror mukh
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plrs. eoorposr, and porero pores so mneh lhe bench A
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rasr, bu| mpoflry, hedre ran be made or banna grass
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(Pmniieluml whreh an be an ror rnuleh. lr needs
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u-rigalinn m lreep pmdudive, so rs hrrroweplanred nn
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manure. Parallel lo lhls. e slower, herdrer pernrenenl
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hzdge at eolumnar anus or Euphorbla repels animals,
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and rhorny Arron also helps 0»: or lhe pesl “Haydon
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wees" Unwhkdgzs) ls e such; rail and wlre renee
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(lhe posl lumllermslsnm or sreosoledl ro Carry
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leoyaus vrnes sueh as Mikanm. which provlde son
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mulch and pee redder. oolrenos beans, lrma beans and
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pesslonlrurr can oeeupy parrs ol lhese (edges, as can
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vlgomus susr vrnes o1 orher sped-es, AI l 52 rn hrgh,
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lhe [zdgu proreel Ha m wrdrhs ol garden.
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olllsrde lhrs rysleor sperm raller slow wmdbluk ol
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xonun eypress, Cosverrnn, or Arena on drlp pmvide
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high mndbmak. bur only Il Space allows. olives oley
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also esubllih. 10a] hardy evergreens ran bechosul tor
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lhese 255a: rn grrds.
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We need lo male a yadaoon lronr erops and graune
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rn nee pmduns and longs, [M as nees are lhe nun-lenr
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sloreges ol rhe hurrud "opus, lhey are lhe grounds
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warer moderrlors or she drylands, We are nor shon u‘
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rree sperres wrrh whlrh xo do lhls, end If we have
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enough ma plenred. modesl gmn end pesnare seeps
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can also be developed Our error has been ro develop
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gram loods al the exptme ol rrees, and lo errervd grass-
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lands end enrps unrrl we ereare dam, or ro desrroy
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lives unlll duesalls rn d6"! solls oealerurlaee erusrs.
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l rannol srress eoo ollen lhel wherever we harvesr
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warer, rr should be ro sleale lusts. Noe ro plenr ones
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may mean rhar we ereare walerlrreged and rneerelrle
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deserl sells, and rhus perperuale or errend rell
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problems
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PLAN'HNG AND VEGEFATION |N SEITLEMENTS
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ngumus vegehllve duly: or selllemenl ealls lor
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adapred perennrals, bum lorlood and shade, hardy and
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prelsrably local speeres rn Shh-mus, h1g5 areas o1
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overhead vrne lrellrs, and mlly a srrlrrly reenlaled
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emnonl ol lawn. Surh lawns (in he of lappr‘a or elher
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Cnrpcfing and dmghl-Mulam plenrs. Goll eourses,
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errenslve grass lawns, ear washes, and my open pools
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or ponds supplled el puhlle eosl are dryland dlseslers
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vrhleh need ro be taxed ml! olenlsleneern and lends.
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There are many rery hardy and uselul «reer needrnr,
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only a swole nurby ro survrre years 0! relallve
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Amughl However, even wnler—dependenl rrnrr lrees
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an be grown ln or near swales, rn eourlyerds, and
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along rend ruled lo hervesrwarer run-on
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A erlrlral Iefllzmem s|n|egy rs lo develop blond
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(am-400 rn deepl an parle arorrrrd or even wllhrn rlre
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serrlemenr, lo ellmlnere um only lhe deli-mung dry
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deserr winds. bu| also re help provide hrele, rnnlrh,
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medlonre, end (a supplernenr domesrer anrmel rouge
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Thls plnnllne rr lhe llrsl llne ol defence aeelnsl rhe
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desen, wrlhrn lrs sheller, gardens and erops ean rhrlve
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wrllrool wmd damage or exeesslve warer loss (“gun
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11.77)
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Whar len-hu Chen; (NED eellr lhe -elorhesllne
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effed‘. or lhe erred cl (advededr dry hen alr blnwing
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rnlo reop, is at parrleular Dom ln draen gardens. A
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gmmnlmflsflelmmdmhnzdkdfllhe
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desen borders of enlrlvaled land, or rhe desen heeomes
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selfrprmpagplmg The sum dmses exponenoelly, so
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rhnl end. a lnoad guard Emesl seer-rel desert mks e
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sereenrng whleh zflzdivzly proleers cups or errldvaoed
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lands lrom rhe dessrearron for e great dlslanse
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downwlnd
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ln sreh esses, rl ls pelrer ro umflihh deep reee belrs
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