hi everyone
   my good friend and Permaculture Landscape Company owner in Santa Fe for over 10 years , has written a book Roof-Reliant Landscaping for state of New Mexico for their Water Conservation Program, for all you permies wanting a manual for designing landscapes and selling design services for rainwater harvesting landscapes in dryland climates similar to ours , this is an amazing resource
wes


FROM Nate Downey
I have finally gotten my books written. The first one, Roof-Reliant Landscaping, can be found at the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer's website for free:

Nate Downey
www.harvesttherain.com
www.santafepermaculture.com
 
http://www.ose.state.nm.us/wucp_RoofReliantLandscaping.html


Water Conservation - Roof-Reliant Landscaping


   *       Cover, Contents, Acknowledgements, Preface and Introduction
     *       Chapter 1: The Fundamentals of Waterwise Landscaping
    *       Chapter 2: The Basics of Cistern Systems
        *       Chapter 3: Sizing Your Cistern
  *       Chapter 4: Landscape Planning and Design
        *       Chapter 5: Cost Estimating
      *       Chapter 6: Water Budgeting
      *       Chapter 7: Water Collection
     *       Chapter 8: Water Conveyance
     *       Chapter 9: Water Storage
        *       Chapter 10: Water Distribution
  *       Chapter 11: Maintenance
*       Glossary
        *       Appendices
      *      
        *       Roof-Reliant Landscaping (entire manual)