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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

Deep Mulch Method for Building Soil in Deserts

Natural Building Blog Posted on July 21, 2017 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

Yesterday I watched a video on how to build healthy soil in desert areas such as Arizona. A lot of our readers are building earthbag houses and gardens in similar environments since land like this is often quite affordable.

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Posted in Landscaping | Tagged edible landscaping, forest garden, how to build soil, how to build soil in desert areas, organic gardening, permaculture, soil building | 1 Reply

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