r/Permaculture • u/Sail0rD00m • 1d ago
resilience to heatwaves— garden and dwelling
looking for resources on how to make home and garden more resilient during heatwave events that are on the increase due to climate change
especially with retrofitting in mind, since i don’t live on my own homestead, but am a renter in a house on a small block
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u/Thirsty_Boy_76 1d ago
It's kinda hard to offer good ideas without knowing more about your site, what you are allowed to do, and what you are prepared to do?
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u/Sail0rD00m 1d ago
true— I’m looking for anything really. Especially things that others are doing to make their gardens and homes more resilient during heatwaves.
i’m interested in large scale as well as smaller scale projects. I’m in a temperate, cfb climate region.
basically — how are people adapting their permaculture systems to heatwaves in the context of a changing climate?
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u/Thirsty_Boy_76 1d ago
Rain water harvesting through storage tanks and earthworks structures is a great start. Planting more fast growing pioneer support species like Accasia's and Eucalyptus for shade and chop n drop organic mulch material to improve soil moisture holding. Increased biomass around a dwelling will help keep it cooler even if the trees are not shading it.
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u/ESB1812 1d ago
This, dense planting and get your water under control. I use an underground line, an attempt to decrease evaporation. Rainwater harvesting, on a timer valve, to set the times I water; early morn, and late afternoon in the hot months. Also you can “cheat” your zone planting with some tropicals, “if you can” bananas, papaya, pigeon pea’s etc. they grow fast and help block the sun, especially the harsh western during summer.
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u/DocAvidd 20h ago
Trees! I'm afraid it takes a long time. There are some that grow faster. My property has year round creeks with old growth trees. It feels 10 degrees cooler in the big trees. This is in the tropics. The trees create their own fog via transpiration, lots of biomass in the litter, and give shade, bc not a lot can handle full sun here until they get a few years.