[AT] Shepard's

[Grant Brians]

One of the things that I enjoyed learning about agriculture in Israel 
(aside from the creativity) is about all of the ways that water has been 
collected and conserved. Clearly the climate helped the farmers there 
learn the necessity of the techniques, but the people figured them out. 
The one I find most interesting is the catch basin designs used to 
capture and collect rainfall for perennials like Olives, Citrus, etc. 
They are constructed to capture as much rain and runoff as possible, but 
with a small overflow near the top to the slope side to assure erosion 
control.
      Also, Israel is where initially drip irrigation tubing was 
commercialized and commmercially developed. Yes the concepts came from 
various places, but that is where they came together first.
               Grant Brians - Hollister, California farmer of 
vegetables, edible flowers, herbs, nuts and fruit

On 5/6/2016 9:50 AM, Dennis Johnson wrote:
> Dean,
>
> Learned something new today. Here in orchards they cultivate the soil to bring rocks to the top. They leave the rocks there because to rocks are cooler in the morning and collect the morning dew and it runs down into the soil. Without the rocks the dew evaporates and does not get into the soil and to the orchard plants.
>
> Dennis
>
> Sent from my iPad
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>> On May 6, 2016, at 7:42 PM, Dean Vinson <dean at vinsonfarm.net> wrote:
>>
>> Wow, very interesting photos!   And that soil looks like it'd scour
>> plowshares up mighty good.  ;)
>>
>> Dean Vinson
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Johnson
>> Sent: Friday, May 6, 2016 11:26 AM
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>> Subject: [AT] Shepard's
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>> Tried to send this yesterday, but size was too big. Picture is sheep and
>> also cave where shepard's live. Did not get picture of Beduoin shepard's
>> because tourist were in the way.
>>
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