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I didn’t forget to follow up on this! Unfortunately the coordinator that was responsible for planning the plant layout is gone visiting home for the next month, and the other coordinator didn’t know as much about it (beyond that the coordinator that sets this up knows a lot about it!). Another volunteer remembered what I was talking about and was able to tell me that they were utilizing both a combination of rocks to slow down the water flow (giving it more time to absorb into the soil) that one of the plants being used is called mule fat (Baccharis salicifolia), and that it’s generally beneficial to plant within what’s known as a “plant guild” of plants that all tend to grow together and serve different functions in the ecosystem.
Sorry I couldn’t get you more info! If you want to wait longer I can follow up with more details once the coordinator that actually planned the layout and everything gets back, but I wanted to go ahead and let you know what I did find out in case that gives you a good jumping off point.
Hi, so many thanks for not forgetting about this - and yes, please, if it’s not too much fuss to ask the other coordinator, I’m interested in more infos about this.
The thing is, there are still people around who are incredulous when it comes to working with plants to move or retain water - it’s seen as somewhat esoteric, not to be taken serious, and ignorance about it is influencing funding decisions. Where I live people believe it only works the other way around: certain plants grow where a certain amount of water exists, and the only way to work with water is mechanically. However from what I can see around me, oaks, willow, ash, and small ground plants work together with sunlight and water to create a moist atmosphere and moist ground in some places, and this changes on bare soil, or burned soil … The function of this whole system is clearly more complex. Please ask your coordinator if any scientific literature about these techniques exists. Thank you for sharing this with me, and thanks for voluteering! Btw I love the name mule fat. My donkeys would love it as well, probably, alas it doesn’t grow here.
I didn’t forget to follow up on this! Unfortunately the coordinator that was responsible for planning the plant layout is gone visiting home for the next month, and the other coordinator didn’t know as much about it (beyond that the coordinator that sets this up knows a lot about it!). Another volunteer remembered what I was talking about and was able to tell me that they were utilizing both a combination of rocks to slow down the water flow (giving it more time to absorb into the soil) that one of the plants being used is called mule fat (Baccharis salicifolia), and that it’s generally beneficial to plant within what’s known as a “plant guild” of plants that all tend to grow together and serve different functions in the ecosystem.
Sorry I couldn’t get you more info! If you want to wait longer I can follow up with more details once the coordinator that actually planned the layout and everything gets back, but I wanted to go ahead and let you know what I did find out in case that gives you a good jumping off point.
Hi, so many thanks for not forgetting about this - and yes, please, if it’s not too much fuss to ask the other coordinator, I’m interested in more infos about this.
The thing is, there are still people around who are incredulous when it comes to working with plants to move or retain water - it’s seen as somewhat esoteric, not to be taken serious, and ignorance about it is influencing funding decisions. Where I live people believe it only works the other way around: certain plants grow where a certain amount of water exists, and the only way to work with water is mechanically. However from what I can see around me, oaks, willow, ash, and small ground plants work together with sunlight and water to create a moist atmosphere and moist ground in some places, and this changes on bare soil, or burned soil … The function of this whole system is clearly more complex. Please ask your coordinator if any scientific literature about these techniques exists. Thank you for sharing this with me, and thanks for voluteering! Btw I love the name mule fat. My donkeys would love it as well, probably, alas it doesn’t grow here.