Permaculture UAE group

Hello my dear readers,
I’d like to let you know that we have group called “Permaculture UAE”. It’s for new and experienced permaculturists who would like to live a more sustainable lifestyle and make a change too. You’re all welcome to join. Together we can bring permaculture to UAE on a wider scale. Let’s make the positive changes towards a more sustainable future together.
If you don’t know what permaculture is then you’re missing out. It’s relared to organic gardening but it’s also so much more, gardening is like one piece of the puzzle. I can’t put it in one sentence really. It’s a way of life, a philosophy of sustainable and regenerative ways that is in tune with nature. When I first found out about it I thought it would be difficult to implement in our climate, but I was wrong. Despite the fact that our climate is harsh it is still possible to not only practice permaculture here, but to also thrive at it.
Our group is not new, but it was in a little stall mode. I hope together we can bring it to life and help each other create and the community to improve our ways for a sustainable future. Join us with the link below:
Permaculture UAE Facebook group


Happy Gardening
Yana

My Moringa is back

My Moringa tree is back. I pruned it hard last year, well I simply chopped it off up to one meter away from ground. It took hard pruning really well before but not this time. It didn’t grow back and appeared dead. I was devastated as it was such a big tree. The only reason I cut it so low is because some of the branches had sooty canker (a fungal disease of the trees) and from my research the best action was to chop off the branches that were affected. Since I read about a practice of cutting moringas all the way to one meter from the ground I decided to give it a go. And now, months after the cut, it’s finally came back. It was such a pleasant surprise. I’m extremely happy. Yes, I compromised one year’s harvest, but I hope to get a stronger tree as a result.

If I find the pictures of when my tree was affected, by the way some of my mulberries were affected too, I’ll post more about what sooty canker is.

Happy Gardening
Yana