Land & Ecology · Boulder Gardens Sanctuary
Transplanting Cholla Cactus
After our Wednesday Meeting we all got together to relocate several native cholla cacti from one part of the property to another.
Read the full observation →Notes from a Living Desert Sanctuary
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Fieldstation
A growing record of the land, off-grid systems, communications, experiments, repairs, and everyday observations at Boulder Gardens Sanctuary.
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Permaculture Background
Training translated into place
Robert Redecker is a trained and certified Permaculturist. His work at Boulder Gardens brings permaculture design into direct conversation with desert conditions: water, soil, energy, shelter, communications, community, habitat, repair, and the long-term observation of a particular piece of land.
Formal training is one strand of that practice. The larger record is the continuing process of trying ideas on the ground, documenting what works, revising what does not, and allowing the sanctuary itself to become a teacher.
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Field Report 031
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Chapters from the Land
Water, desert ecology, energy, communications, wildlife and community are woven together throughout the sanctuary.
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The Sanctuary
Place, history, spaces and everyday life.
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People & Community
Social permaculture, gatherings, shared work and stewardship.
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Land & Ecology
Desert ecology, wildlife, geology, weather and seasonal change.
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Water
Springs, wells, storage, movement and monitoring.
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Energy
Solar arrays, batteries, generators and off-grid power.
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Communications
Internet, radio, Wi-Fi, fiber, Ethernet and Meshtastic.
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Sensors & Data
Measurements, instruments, Home Assistant and field data.
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Projects
Experiments, construction, repairs and systems in progress.
Explore →Observe what is here.
Record what changes.
Keep the evidence.
The Fieldstation is not a conventional blog. Public reports remain brief and visual. Detailed specifications, source photographs, corrections, and unresolved questions are preserved separately in the master workbook.
Over time, the short reports and deeper records become a history of how the sanctuary works—and how it changes.
“A place becomes legible when we pay attention long enough.”
Boulder Gardens Fieldstation