Category Archives: Navajo willow

A FOOD WALL to alleviate hunger and malnutrition in urban and rural areas (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

A FOOD WALL FOR ARID REGIONS, COMBINING SACK GARDENING WITH LIVE NAVAJO WILLOWS The numerous advantages of sack gardening and growing drought-tolerant Navajo willows have been described earlier: (a) Sack gardening http://desertification.wordpress.com/2011/02/05/farming-in-small-spaces-by-filling-tall-sacks-with-soil-city-farmer-news/ http://desertification.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/sack-gardening-a-simple-technology-to-eat-fresh-food-and-to-earn-a-living-irin-news-allafrica-c-odera/ http://desertification.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/the-popularity-of-sack-gardening-for-combating-hunger-and-malnutrition-cynthia-odera-willem-van-cotthem/ Recently, I was discussing opportunities to … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security, hunger / famine, malnutrition, Navajo willow, sack gardening

Grow your own live tipi greenhouse or tunnel (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

No more plastic greenhouses or tunnels needed : grow your own live greenhouse (a tipi or a tunnel) with branches of the drought-tolerant Navajo willow, also globe willow, or the Chinese willow (Salix matsudana). One can grow these willows with … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, drought tolerant plants, food / food security, Navajo willow

Reforestation success with the ‘Navajo’ willow (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on March 15, 2010 by

In 1997, a small cutting (25 cm, 10 inches) of the Navajo willow tree (Salix matsudana) was planted in my garden in Belgium.  Today, ‘my’ Navajo willow is almost 12 meter high. Looking for simple methods to make reforestation projects … Continue reading →

Posted in afforestation, bottle reforestation, Desertification, drought, drylands, Navajo willow, reforestation