Water Harvesting in the Arizona Desert | Urban Farm Hour #WaterHarvesting

#rosieonthehousebroadcastshorts #rainwater #rainwaterharvesting #rainwatercollection #waterharvesting Complete #UrbanFarmingHour playlist:    • The Urban Farm's #UrbanFarmingHour with Fa...   Guests: ‘Farmer Greg’ Peterson, The Urban Farm Brad Lancaster, Harvesting Rainwater Full podcast with additional resource links: https://rosieonthehouse.com/podcast/o... ‪‪@GregPetersonAndTheUrbanFarm‬ ‪@Brad_Lancaster_Water_Harvester‬ Topic Timeline: 0:00 Introduction to Brad Lancaster, author of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands & Beyond 1:51 What sparked Brad's passion for water harvesting 2:57 Converting a home in Tucson from a water shed to water retention lot 5:55 Brad's research and life experiences that contributed to authoring his book 8:06 Seeking out water farmer Mr. Zephaniah Phiri Maseko in Zimbabwe and examples of success Phiri has had over 30+ years of water harvesting land an arid desert 10:57 Brad answers the question "why harvest water in the desert where we get so little rain?" 12:02 Water harvesting starts with observation and the concept of 'planting the rain' 14:30 Adding a holding tank to a rain water harvesting system using full-port valves to increase water flow from rainwater tanks distributing their water with gravity 16:16 Incorporating rain water with a wicking garden. For more information on wicking gardens see:    • Wicking garden principle and it's benefits...   17:47 How lightning fertilizes rain water 18:48 Growing Rain Water Harvesting on your lot to Storm Water Harvesting in neighborhoods and street run-off 22:00 Learning Arizona storm water harvesting from Clifford Pablo of the Tohono O'odham nation 23:33 Street-side "eddy basins" 24:44 Adding native Arizona plants for food production in storm water harvesting areas 27:23 Return of wildlife with the return of native plants and the draw it has building community in local neighborhoods 29:15 Brad's designs at Milagro Co-housing development's water-harvesting landscape 31:50 Using City of Tucson's Water Department program Storm to Street program to bring the concept a mainstream standard in Arizona communities 33:45 Public and community involvement, support and furthering education with https://DunbarSpringNeighborhoodFores... & https://www.HarvestingRainwater.com