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General
Storing Water in the Landscape: A Swales and Ponds Primer
Rain is one of the leading causes of soil erosion. The problem isn’t with rain itself, but rather with bad…
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Swales
The Transition from Swales to On Contour Hedges
One of permaculture´s most famed and acknowledged contributions to sustainable land management and ecologically sound agricultural practices are swales. From…
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Design
Why We Use Swales and How to Do It Appropriately
A swale is one of those permaculture terms that probably gets thrown around to readily (or inaccurately) and perhaps implemented…
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Earthworks & Earth Resources
Hugel Swales May be a Bad Idea
Ok, so this conversation has been addressed in the correct way and was explained by Jack Spirko at http://permastaging.wpengine.com/2015/11/06/dont-try-building-hugel-swales-this-is-a-very-and-i-mean-very-bad-idea/. This…
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General
Swales Bring Life to Your Soil
Everyone knows water means life, but not everyone pays attention to the amount of water going to your soil. Dirt,…
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Design
Infrastructure: Dams, Roads and Swales
In the past 2 years a lot of our focus was on getting the main infrastructural elements in place. We…
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Design
Urban Swales
Last year, we did a series of videos looking at the swale systems on our property and demonstration site. Part…
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Design
Bunyip Water Level: Measure Contour Lines & Swales
To have professional surveyors map our contour lines was going to cost thousands of dollars and many we spoke to…
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Design
Mini Swales in an Urban Backyard
The term “swale” is often used by Permaculture people when designing large earth work constructions but it’s very rarely spoken…
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Design
Don’t Try Building Hugel Swales – This is a Very and I Mean Very Bad Idea
Let’s start out with a basic understanding of what full scale Hugelkultur and full scale swale based systems are. Then…
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Design
Rapidly-Cut Swales with Tractor Blade
We are making early progress on our 320-acre Missouri permaculture-farm project (Jordan Rubin’s Heal the Planet Farm). Last fall, a…
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Design
Swales in North Texas Take on 2.5 inches of Rain and Perform Perfectly
In this video, Jack Spirko, shows just how effective good Permaculture Earthworks are in capturing 26,000 Gallons of water from…
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