The Cornerstones of Healthy Food Systems

Establishing Dryland Trees and Shrubs

Mary Lucero Season 1 Episode 10

LINKS TO RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Using hydrogel filled, embedded tubes to sustain grass transplants for arid land restoration.
Guidelines for Planning Riparian Restoration in the Southwest (look for section on  Watering of planted containerized stock )
Treepots (unaffiliated product link)
Hydrogels (unafilliated product link)

ABOUT EPISODE 10
1/3 of earth's land masses are classified as arid or semi-arid lands.  Water is scarce in these regions.   In today's episode, host Mary Lucero shares time-honored strategies for establishing native plants in the desert.   Tune in to learn:

  • How to keep seeds moist and protect them from hungry grazers using mulch.
  • How to remove growth inhibitors that keep native seeds dormant.
  • Why deep rooted transplants are good choices for dryland planting
  • How PVC  "watering tubes" can make more efficient use of available water. 
  • How hydrated hydrogels can keep water available in the root zone while trees and shrubs establish.

ABOUT THE CORNERSTONES OF HEALTHY FOOD SYSTEMS
The Cornerstones of Healthy Food Systems podcast is produced by End-O-Fite Enterprises LLC (endofite.com) and is typically hosted by Dr. Mary Lucero.

This podcast strives to raise awareness of actions each of us can take to increase food security by building healthy food systems within our area of influence.  You  support the podcast when you buy any of our online courses or purchase from affiliates in our online marketplace.

ABOUT END-O-FITE ENTERPRISES LLC
End-O-Fite Enterprises LLC is a small business that provides information, products,  and services to: 
build healthy soils.

  • support healthy microbiomes (from the soil to the gut)
  • complement good nutrition.
  • learn about the cornerstones of healthy food systems.

The Cornerstones of Healthy Food Systems Podcast Introduction by David Lucero.
Theme music by Zakhar Valaha 

This version was updated in summer, 2023, when we decided to remove the cornerstones.endofite.com website reference.  The only change was to remove the word cornerstones from the website reference. 

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