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    DROUGHT RESILIENCE NETWORK: Tall Tale Competition!

    The first sentence was non-fiction. The rest was fiction. Wellll... I may have screamed a little when a cat manifested from concrete!
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    DROUGHT RESILIENCE NETWORK: Tall Tale Competition!

    The drought is so bad in west San Antonio a cat was living in the cracks beneath my driveway. He popped out one morning and I screamed like a scaredy cat. Luckily a dog chased him away, they were both walking. Until the cat turned around and decided to have a hot dog for breakfast.
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    Five crops for a hotter, drier world

    I have grown amaranth and cowpeas. Cowpeas more the staple for me. I love fresh purple hulled peas. Amaranth I pop like corn with my kid. I have grown taro on the edges of water reclamation areas, but never have had a good harvest. You have to get creative with recipes but don’t forget the...
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    Stock Tank Questions

    What are some ideas/methods to "restrict the rest?" Thanks for the help.
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    Stock Tank Questions

    As the drought continues, stock tanks/ponds in my area of Texas are getting very low. Ranchers have asked me about erosion around the edges due to cattle traffic and undesirable smells and appearances as the water level gets lower. Does anyone have any good resources to solve these common stock...
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    The Nature Conservancy's Work in California

    Wildlife & Regenerative Agriculture Go Hand in Hand This awesome link has many studies performed on how regenerative ag works hand in hand with wildlife conservation. I'm interested in hearing your stories about new wildlife presence on your farms and ranches because of the work in regenerating...
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    Reduction of Microbial Diversity with Increased Temperatures, Reduced Moisture, Reduced Biomass

    I would love to hear more about this as well. I always struggled with that same principle of laying black tarps down. Was it worth it compared to the damage I was doing to the microbiology. I began just using cardboard and compost like you talk about. The sandwich method. Very interested.
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    Oklahoma's Bergen Ranch is resilient to drought, thanks to the soil sponge

    @Linda Poole I am interested in your thoughts on the "necessary chemicals" that Susan partners with her rotational grazing. With 5 years of vegetable growing, I understand this viewpoint. How can we keep the soil sponge in mind when we do need to apply these "necessary chemicals?" Are there...
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    Cover Crops in an Almond Orchard

    Just heard that Burrough Family Farms were the first Regenerative Organic Certified almond farm in the US through the Regenerative Organic Alliance . Maybe Rob and Andrew could be the second, they sound amazing!
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    How One Oregon Farmer Implemented Permaculture Techniques to Conserve Water

    Beautiful article! I love the Tabula Rasa name! I think of my home state of Texas when reading this. Terraces are quite common on most farm and ranches with greater than 2-3% slope. And what we call "tanks" (ponds) are common on most homesteads. However, these are typically built for recreation...
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    Darron Gaus, NCAT's Southwest Office, San Antonio

    Hello everyone, My name is Darron Gaus and I am a Sustainable Ag Specialist with NCAT in our Southwest Region office in San Antonio. For the past 5 years I was working as the farm manager at the San Antonio Food Bank. I operated on 105 acres and grew about 300,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables...
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    Compost Tea question

    My typical formula for a general use compost tea is Per 5 gallons of de-chlorinated water: -1/2 pound quality active compost -2 Tbls Molasses -2 Tbls Liquid Seaweed -2 teaspoons Fish emulsion Brew for 24-48 hours, use air stones to make smallest bubbles possible for more surface area, and use...
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