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The Aranya story: turning barren land into a forest garden using permaculture

Natural Building Blog Posted on April 20, 2018 by Kelly HartApril 20, 2018

Padma and Narsanna Koppula have turned a barren piece of land in Telangana’s Medak district in India into a food forest by engaging the community that lives around it. Here’s their story.

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Posted in Landscaping | Tagged build soil with permaculture, convert degraded land, degraded land, homestead cheap land, homestead degraded land, homestead degraded soil, how to build soil, how to build soil in desert areas, how to improve degraded land, low cost degraded | 1 Reply

The Natural Farmer – Healing Damaged Land

Natural Building Blog Posted on March 16, 2017 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

Our Natural Building Blog covers various topics including ways to restore degraded land for growing food and homesteading. The Natural Farmer shares a good story about Peter Ash of Embracing the World who helped restore some highly contaminated land in … Continue reading →

Posted in Landscaping | Tagged degraded land, homesteading, low cost land, natural farming, permaculture, restoring degraded land, rural land, sustainable agriculture | 2 Replies

Turn Deserts into Oases with Mycorrhizal Fungi in Under 10 Years

Natural Building Blog Posted on September 2, 2016 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

Here’s the article I mentioned yesterday. The article is about mycorrhizal fungi (commonly called myco). It explains how a research center near Delhi, India turned a salty, rocky soil wasteland into an oasis in under 10 years using plants inoculated … Continue reading →

Posted in Landscaping | Tagged degraded land, greening the desert, land restoration, myco, mycorrhizal fungi, permaculture, planting a forest, restoring degraded land, sutainable agriculture | 4 Replies

Better to Buy Inferior/Degraded Land Rather than Have No Land

Natural Building Blog Posted on September 1, 2016 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

Most people who want to build a sustainable homestead look for the perfect piece of land with good soil for their garden. The trouble is, the most productive land is locked up in profitable farms that’s typically not for sale, … Continue reading →

Posted in Landscaping | Tagged affordable land, buying rural land, degraded land, gardening, homestead land, low cost, organic gardening, permaculture, restoring degraded land, rurual land | 4 Replies

Restoring Degraded Land: Growing Crops on Bedrock

Natural Building Blog Posted on July 6, 2016 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

This blog post is part of an ongoing series on how to restore degraded land. Good land is hard to come by and often not affordable unless you’re rich. The facts presented here are from the video Building Soil with … Continue reading →

Posted in Landscaping | Tagged building soil, degraded land, DIY, eco friendly, marginal soil, natural farming, organic, permaculture, sustainable agriculture, sustainable farming | Leave a reply

The Forest Man of India

Natural Building Blog Posted on May 31, 2016 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

“Since the 1970’s Majuli islander Jadav Payeng has been planting trees in order to save his island. To date he has single handedly planted a forest larger than Central Park NYC. His forest has transformed what was once a barren … Continue reading →

Posted in Landscaping | Tagged degraded land, environment, forest man, India, replanting forests, sustainable | 1 Reply

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