[Scpg] steep permaculture slope ideas?
John Calvert
jcalvert at crystal3.com
Mon Sep 6 11:20:27 PDT 2010
Vetiver, a perennial grass, has many uses including erosion control.
I'm working with a group in Haiti that is planning on using it, and we
are in communication with a world-renowned vetiver expert. :-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysopogon_zizanioides
JC
lfunkhouser at juno.com wrote:
> Yes! I believe vetiver grass is it. Thank you Vinay.
>
> With all due respect to Owen, please don't shoot the messenger. I was
> trying to put Kevin in touch with someone who has a challenging slope
> and has done a lot of research and has had years of results and
> tinkering with the regime. Just passing along contacts and information
> here.
>
> Yes, you can't beat professional advice and experience, but there are
> new things to be discovered if one wants to live an experiential life
> and has really good insurance, and where safety is not an overriding
> concern. Some people like the process of discovery as much as the
> goal. I'll leave it at that.
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Vinay Jathanna <vjathanna at gmail.com>
> To: "lfunkhouser at juno.com" <lfunkhouser at juno.com>
> Cc: kevin at kevingleasonart.com
> Subject: Re: [Scpg] steep permaculture slope ideas?
> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 10:55:15 -0700
>
> Hi Laura and Kevin,
>
> It is Vetiver Grass. Doug Richardson, in Santa Barbara is doing a lot
> of work with vetiver grass. It is a grass that comes from the Indian
> subcontinent. It is very benign and has multiple uses as a
> Permaculture plant.
>
> http://vetivernetinternational.blogspot.com/2008/06/vetiver-system-applications-in.html
> http://www.vetiver.org/
>
> Vinay
>
> On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 10:08 AM, lfunkhouser at juno.com
> <mailto:lfunkhouser at juno.com> <lfunkhouser at juno.com
> <mailto:lfunkhouser at juno.com>> wrote:
>
> Kevin,
>
> You might also want to talk to Mary Scaran, who is an
> acupuncturist in SB (she's in the phone book) and has a very steep
> slope running the entire length of her oak wooded and desert
> upland property that is permeated by a spring. She has planted
> lots of things to stabilize, including Persian mulberry trees
> (edible!) and some kind of grass -- can't remember which -- but a
> type of bunch grass that she selected for its very specific
> properties of soil stabilization. Mary practices permaculture,
> studies horticulture, and is a very fine acupuncturist.
>
> Good luck.
>
> --Laura
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Kevin Gleason <kevin at kevingleasonart.com
> <mailto:kevin at kevingleasonart.com>>
> To: John Calvert <jcalvert at crystal3.com
> <mailto:jcalvert at crystal3.com>>
> Cc: scpg at arashi.com <mailto:scpg at arashi.com>
> Subject: Re: [Scpg] steep permaculture slope ideas?
> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 07:14:15 -0700
>
> Thanks, John, and all others who have replied. ?This is such a
> helpful ?
> community. ?I am going to look into the "net and pan" technique
> Susan ?
> recommended and am trying to find some good "pinning" shrubs and
> trees ?
> per Dan's advice. ?I need to pay good attention to the plants that ?
> seem to be holding up west facing slopes next time I'm out hiking.
> ?It ?
> is okay with me if this really steep section doesn't grow food.... ?
> Maybe I'll just grow food for the birds there.
> I appreciate eveyone's help.
> Thanks!
>
>
> On Sep 5, 2010, at 9:22 PM, John Calvert wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I started out writing a response to this, looking in the direction ?
> > of what grows native on our steep coastal mountain canyons.
> >
> > But I realize that there isn't much edible on the really steep ?
> > slopes. ?It seems the more fruit-bearing types are more likely to ?
> > appear where there's better soil and moisture.
> >
> > So, that leaves the plants that do well in poor soil and least ?
> > moisture...
> >
> > nopal cactus, various wild sages, maybe fit in a hollyleaf cherry, ?
> > chia ?, maybe some kind of mulberry, wild golden currant (?).
> >
> > so, mostly natives, and then some select fruit-bearing plantings
> w/ ?
> > drip irrigation. ??
> >
> > JC
> >
> >
> > Kevin Gleason wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I was wondering if anyone has good advice for creating a garden
> on ?
> >> a VERY steep slope (more than 45 degrees.) ?I'd love some
> feedback ?
> >> on alternative terracing methods, whether this is too steep for ?
> >> small swales, good soil-holding, drought-tolerant ?ground covers ?
> >> and other plants that would be useful and other ideas. ?I
> remember ?
> >> hearing Brock Dolman talking about making retaining walls with ?
> >> burlap tubes filled with soil and a little cement. ?Anybody
> tried it?
> >>
> >> Thanks for your help!
> >> Kevin
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