Swales
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A Walk though My Food Forest Swale System After a Rain Event at Nine Mile Farm
Every year the amount of rain we put into the ground per inch that falls increases. In this walk though…
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Juicing Up Your Jargon – Part 2
I’m so pleased with the reception to my previous glossary article, “10 (or More) Common Garden Terms in Permaculture”, that…
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Five Years From Limestone Slab to Food Forest
Five years ago we moved to our current property in North Texas. While the general area is not particularly challenging,…
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Theory In Practice : A Tour of Zaytuna Farm
Take a sweeping 20-minute tour of our 66-acre Zaytuna Farm property. Throughout, I explain specific features of the farm, how…
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Texas Food Forest and the Results of Good Design.
Five years ago we moved to our current property in North Texas. While the general area is not particularly challenging,…
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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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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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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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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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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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Morocco Project Update
The earthworks have progressed nicely and below is a series of photos of when we were installing the earthworks and…
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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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