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AC condensation runoff

Should I have any qualms about planting edibles next to AC runoff points? Specifically, I'm wanting to plant raspberry and blackberry about 5-6 feet apart along the "shady" (north) side of my house. Each plant would end up being directly below a cond

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We finally got some measurable rain

Wow! We finally got some measurable rain at our house on Sunday and Monday, approx. 1.1 inches! It was exciting to see our mulch basins retaining the water and our 600 gallon cistern is full. I checked the moisture depth around our apricot trees in t

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Tour de Coops and Water Group

Call for Coops and an invitation for Water Group to have a presence at one of the coops! The tour is educational as well as fun, and we want to expose the group to a large audience. If you have an interesting coop (or know someone who does), and woul

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Swimming Pool Conversions

Has anyone in the area converted a swimming pool to a cistern - instead of just filling it with dirt?

I'm working on a conversion myself and wonder if there is some experience in this group that I could tap into.

 

Here's my schematic...

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Flood irrigation for veggies

Although I'm a Phoenix native and remember gardening with flood irrigation as a kid, I've got a few questions.  From what I can gather, the best way is to make sort of wide beds with furrows on either side.  The idea is that the water pushes harmful

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