Swales
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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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Found-Object Garden Design at The Farm Inn in Southern Belize
Something that has thoroughly impressed Kevin during our six weeks at The Farm Inn in the southern depths of Belize,…
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5 Fun and Fruitful Techniques for Small-Scale Earthworks
I’ve spent most of the last two years volunteering on farms throughout Central and South America, as well as a…
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Groundwater Re-charging
It’s a rainy Monsoon day. Today, it’s water, water everywhere, but soon there will not be a drop to drink.…
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Swale Calculator Spacing Tool
Douglas Barnes of permaculturereflections, who is a sustainable designer from the countryside in Tweed Ontario, has created a great tool…
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Comparing the Great Wall of China’s Contour Structure with That of a Water Harvesting System
A permaculture enthusiast may want to inquire: how do the structures of both the Great Wall of China and Water…
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How to Build a Swale on Contour Successfully
Swales are amongst my favorite permaculture projects. Though they can be laborious, especially for a shovel and pick fellow like…
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Understanding Water Part 2: Working with Flow
Copyright Ingrid Pullen Photography In my previous article, we explored how the basic principle of water is that of flow,…
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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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Grey Water and Silt Pond Project – Parts 1 and 2
Part One Phil Williams of takes you through a two-part video of him installing a grey water and silt pond…
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