Regreen San Miguel de Allende - Slideshow 1

8/11/2019 Regreen San Miguel de Allende - Slideshow 1

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By Nicole Graboi, 2014

A Permaculture restoration site in Ethiopia – within six years



Watersheds and Aquifers







Independence Basin - Guanajuato



All Rivers of Rio Laja converge in S.M.A.





The “line in the sand” between San Miguel

de Allende and Comonfort



Mining Centers – New Spain 1521 - 1821



Map today – area around Guanajuato



Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

Was A Pine/Oak Forest - pina y roble



Tropics and Subtropics of the World



Rainfall distribution - Mexico



Global temp. change 30 years



Rise in Co2 emissions

and Antarctic temperature



Top 10 countries - Deforestation



Mexico:Rainfall, & Chihauhan Desert



Desertification



Facts about global climate change: Greenhouse gases are 30% higher than in 800,000 years

and as high as any time in 15 million years The Arctic is as warm as any time in the last 44,000 years

and maybe in the last 120,000 years.

Carbon dioxide is increasing 14,000 times faster than

anything normal in the last 610,000 years. The second most important greenhouse gas, methane (due

to livestock) is 105X more potent a greenhouse gas thanCo2.

Forests in the Canadian Rockies have seen a 10x increase in

mortality in the last fifty years. Dust Bowl drought across much of North America will be

the average conditions beginning in 2030 – 2039, and hasalready started in California.



The Hydrologic Cycle



Mequites, Alfalfa, Eucalyptus andCommon prickly pearCommon pest pear

Opuntia Stricta

Invasive and Water Thirsty Species:

not Opuntia ficus indica (with tunas)



Major study – Eritrea – re Prosopis



How Australians view Mesquite



Grasses planted post Mesquite

on flatter rangelands



Pull up 4” - 9” diameter mesquites with single trunks in

non-supportive locations /Chop ‘n Drop smaller ones.



Tree chipper



Rotational Grazing



Grasses Suitable for here



Millet



By-products of Mesquite

• Chips – for mulch, as well as for smoking food• Lumber for crafts, flooring and furniture

• Firewood, fuel

• Charcoal (harvested or pulled up)• Use branches for fencing (to protect from livestock)

• HARVESTING – for pods (if dense stands)

• A. mesquite flour

• B. Mesquite coffee

• C. mesquite tortillas and atole



Mesquite flour



Beehive charcoal kilns



Uses for Nopales



Portable Rock Crushers



Dry riverbeds to greenery



Riverbeds: Palms, Willows & PoplarsPalmas, Saucé y alamos



Zone 0: Private - 3 hectares



Zone 0: Filomena’s land: 3 hectares (7.4 acres)

An Office

A Library with 3 computers plus books, Cds and DVD rentals Two Conference rooms/Classrooms (with large oval tables -

room for 30 each)(for meetings and bilingual classes (A-Z about organic growing)

Four large greenhouses for seedlings plus experimentation withnew species as well as aquaponics, for example

A Seed Bank/Seed Library An Edible Food Forest (2 acres) with a “Pick It Yourself” area Compost Piles A Store: Sell tools and supplies for urban and rural dwellers with

a section for food products and crafts made by our entrepreneurs Demos of sample cottage industries, plus on-site training for

local entrepreneurs Provide micro-loans for small-scale, local enterprises.



Zone 1: 125 acres (50 hectares)

Has 3 main slopes: steep, piedmont and flat

Establish swales, terraces, ponds and other earthworks + water harvesting and irrigation systems

On slopes and flatlands, start with pioneer vegetation,(mostly leguminous) and then plant evergreens, oaks, fruit

and other deciduous trees for food, lumber, fuel, etc. On hilly or flat area, grow tall grasses and create animal

lanes plus moveable pastures for livestock

Also, plant orchards, plantations and alley crops

Restore riparian zones A bodega for storage and/or rental of machinery,

equipment, tools

Once established: An Eco-Lodge and/or Camp grounds



Regenerating riparian zones



Riverbeds: Palms,Willows & Poplars

S l d t



Swales, dams, terraces

Zimbahwe – early 90s

Zimbahwe – 10 years later

Swales and water infiltration



Swales and water infiltration



Water Infiltration – Groundwater



Abundance On Our Land

Suitable Leguminous Cover Crops for



Suitable Leguminous Cover Crops for

hillsides and flatlands

Black-eyed Susans

Common Vetch Arveja Común

Leguminous foods



Leguminous foods

Pigeon Peas

Gandules

Mung beansFrijoles mungo

GarbanzosChickpeas

Sweet potatoesBatatas

Nit fi i t A i



Nitrogen-fixing trees: Acacias

Ayudan fijación de nitrógeno

But not huisache (con espinas) which can be invasive



Nitrogen-fixing Albezias



Enterolobiums



Palo Dulce – also a leguminous tree/bush



Leucaena and Bursera



Also leguminous - Caliandras



Another Soil Enricher –Alder (Aliso)



Collect yard waste food scraps manure



Collect yard waste, food scraps, manure,

corn stalks (desechos de patio, restos de

comida, estiércol, tallos de maiz)



make compost

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Using a subsoiler

Water Harvesting Methods



Rain barn & Recharge pit

Water Harvesting Methods

Deep pipe & porous pipe irrigation



Deep pipe & porous pipe irrigation

Soil & Water Aids: Earthworms



Soil & Water Aids: Earthworms,

Mycorrhizae and Polymer crystals

Super-Absorbent Polymer Crystals

Mycorrihizae

All C i / A f



Alley Cropping/ Agroforestry

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Forest Gardens/ Food Forests



Mexican Hickory



Mexican Hickory

(pacana o arbol coloquial)



Ipomoea Arborescens



Haematoxylumil & Calliandra



Cercis Canadensis

A hl i id



Arctostaphlos viscida



Moringa Orchard



Pawlonia trees

Forest Succession



Forest Succession



Tree planting - Macedonia

A land we could have



A land we could haveLahore, India – 10 years before/after

Hemp is legal after a plant



Hemp is legal after a plant

check with Dept. of Ecology

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