The act of water harvesting is not a way of gardening, it is a way of life. The importance of water harvesting is simple…to create a sustainable way to use rain water. If created correctly, your water harvesting area could be used not only to house a beautiful garden, but for your showers, and even…
Mr. Chris Meuli came up with the brilliant idea of soil sponging. As stated in my earlier post, soil sponges are holes dug in the ground that are filled with organic material (such as paper, cardboard, wood chips, etc.). The purpose of the soil sponges are to absorb and slow down the flow of water…
The act of water harvesting is not a way of gardening, it is a way of life. The importance of water harvesting is simple…to create a sustainable way to use rain water. If created correctly, your water harvesting area could be used not only to house a beautiful garden, but for your showers, and even…
Chris Meuli is a physician, the grandson of a conservation rancher, and a lifelong resident of New Mexico. His inherited interest in in the land led him to permaculture literature in 1981. Mr. Meuli is a graduate of the 1992 design course in Eldorado, New Mexico. Mr. Chris Meuli came up with the brilliant idea…
Back in 7th grade I remember sitting in Simms Auditorium, listening to a speaker who talked about rainwater harvesting. At the time I did not realize the significance of this presentation as in science we were learning about nothing more than outer space and geology. I now realize that this man was one Brad Lancaster. …
The soil from what we found out was so incredibly hard and compact has a unique in interesting past. Through the history of New Mexico, the soil has been modified by erosion, which has helped with the addition of new minerals, compaction, and overall has changed the composition of the soil in its entirety. This…
As a group, the students in the Biology Ecology class actively participated in the growth and well-being of the Desert Oasis Garden located behind the science building. With the help of our teacher Mrs. Beamish, we students began the creation of a lovely, sustainable garden. Mrs. Beamish carefully planned out the designing of the Desert…
Our final project for our Ecological Biology class was the creation of soil sponges. Anika and I learned first, what they are, second how they can help an ecosystem (or in this case a few ponderosa pines that were in bad shape), and third how to create them. For anyone who doesn’t know what a…
Student Investigations in Agro-Ecology 