Berms, Swales and Fungus Swales with dry berms : r/Permaculture Planting swale berms, and swale size? (earthworks forum at permies)
Maximize Water Retention: Trenches and Berms Last year, we dug more than 6000 feet of swales and berms on our farm to serve as an integrated permaculture orchard and
Desert Berm & Swale: SUCCESS or FAILURE? You've likely heard of HUGELKULTUR but what about Hugel Swale Paths? Likely you've also heard of the hugel-swale disasters
The next step in our berm and swale project is to bring Rudy back to help us figure out why the North half of the swale isn't Installing Swales in Clay & Poor Draining Soils
Creating Berms and Swales - A Front Yard Foodscape Case Study Swale vs No Swale! #permaculture #swale #homesteading #gardening I am considering one of two things around the cabin: a swale or a berm. Which would be better? Berm would require me bringing in/paying for expensive fill.
Flooding issues, build swales or berms? (crossposted) : r Berms and Swales: Techniques for - Cornell Cooperative Extension Finally, a 3 year deep dive update on our permaculture berm and swale project. How are the trees doing? What challenges has
Modified BERMS and SWALES in the veggie garden! Permaculture #swales and #berms not only redirect excess water - they catch and harness it, so it can slowly seep in the clay Swale + Water = Trees / How swales are built in high elevation mountain desert climate.
Swales: How to Save Water and Boost Your Garden Naturally! Berms and Swales: Building Resilient Land in a Changing Climate #agroforestry Greening the Arizona Desert - The Tucson Swales with Matt Powers 2016
Before You Create Permaculture Swales, Watch this Swale Guide and Example! Definitely add a cover crop to prevent the berm from eroding. It may be wise to cut a notch or two in the berm if you cant get some root
Swales and berms are age-old methods for directing water in mass. By building up an area (sometimes called a “berm”) or digging out a shallow/wide channel ( This Q&A is pulled from a collection of questions posed to me by students of my Online Permaculture Design Course (PDC). Don't make this $10000 mistake, swales are not always the answer! Please do not make this same mistake that I made 5 years
This post is about advanced concepts i use of not just collecting it from the fields but directing it to centralized points and using as much of it as possible. Permaculture Berms & Swales - Tiny Shiny Home
What you should know before you create permaculture swales? ⭐➡️ Join our membership program to HOW TO IMPLEMENT PERENNIAL PERMACULTURE SWALES/BERMS INTO YOUR HOMESTEAD #permaculture #homestead Permaculture: Berms and Swales
Berms and Swales On Wednesday, October 29, from 10 AM–12 PM, join Chocorua Lake Conservancy Stewardship Director Debra Marnich for Berms & Swales Stewardship
Building berms in your garden rows can significantly improve water retention and soak for your plants. This simple technique How to Size and Place Swales? A permaculture swale on contour is a water management feature used in permaculture and sustainable agriculture practices.
Today we're showing you one way to "harvest" one of our scarcest natural resources here in the AZ desert. Digging Swales and Berms in a Permaculture Orchard
"During the Great Depression, President Roosevelt famously put Americans to work repairing the damage caused by their Understand Swales In LESS THAN 3 MINUTES This was the first big test of our #earthworks. Our phones were blowing up with weather warnings about flash floods. Once the rain
Don't make this $10,000 mistake, swales are not always the answer! At this St. Louis suburban residence, the clients had two goals: grow food and stop the water pooling in their driveway. The team Rainwater Harvesting: Berms and Swales - Santa Cruz Permaculture
Creating Soil With Swales, Berms & Wood Chips Watering With Small Berms and Swales Berms and swales are a simple water harvesting earthwork technique that are laid perpendicular to land slope, designed to intercept rainwater running down the
How to prevent basement flooding and dampness with Earth formations that direct water flow and provide visual barriers. Finding Contour for Permaculture Berms and Swales Today we're setting up swales & berms to capture water for the grapevines. Support the channel for free by starting your Amazon
Geoff's Online Permaculture Design Course offers students weekly question-and-answer sessions where Geoff addresses various The lower part of the swale will be more clay/loam, and the top part will be more sandy/rocky. You can add small berms perpendicular to the swale to keep the Property Grading: Swales, Berms and Erosion Control for Drainage
Floods | Digging Swales and Building Berms | Why Swales Are a Game-Changer for Your Garden Swales are shallow trenches designed to capture and redirect rainwater,
800 foot of permaculture swale is filled with water after a 3-day rain. The water is just starting to exit via the spillway. Want to Help Highlighting our regeneration of soil on 1 acre of high elevation desert climate. Swales allow our property to efficiently and
In 2001, the Chocorua Lake Conservancy was awarded a “Conservation Award of the Year” by the Carroll County Conservation Benefits of Swales and Berms Don’t build swales build berms. Build
20 year old berm and swale at New Forest Farm Learn how to build you own swales @thehomesteadconsultant. Food Forest Berms and Swales Installed in Whisper Valley
NEW PROJECT: Permaculture BERMS & SWALES - Planning & Marking (Step 1) We used a two-bottom plow to make our berms and swales. Over 7000 linear feet were installed in the spring of 2002. Learn how to apply strategies like berms, and swales to slow, spread, and sink water on your farm or garden.
Best Management Practices: Berms & Swales How We Built Our Hugul (wood) Berms And Swales Swales & Berms
Hugel Swale Paths with Matthew Trumm | REGENERATIVE SOIL Berms and Swales for Water Rentention "The best time to plant a tree is 10 years ago. The second best time to plant a tree is today!"
Berms are raised beds that can be used to direct water to swales. They are the equivalent of the slope in road used to push water off the middle of the road This year has been extremely dry and hot. We are glad that we dug some swales last winter. They collected quite some rain water
We hand dig our berms and swales to help capture and store rainwater! Berms and Swales will help us protect our property from flooding, wind, and fire while providing a way to catch, store, and divert water. Mulching Swale Berm with Compost and Hay
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Planting a Small Orchard | S2 E2 | Berms & Swales In the video I laser my pastures/property to flow irrigation water, I flood irrigate which is no different that a mass rain event. How Swales Work #gardening #permaculture #orchard
#permaculture swales and berms in action after 24 hours giving a whopping 120mm rain In our efforts to convert this forgotten farm into a working homestead, a lot has to be done. Here's the long-term solution for Swales are ditches along contour lines that catch water and prevent top soil runoff. #permaculture
After 8 weeks of rain, some torrential, we had a flood. It's the perfect time to dig swales and build berms. Dan opens his birthday In the second half out our backyard, we want to plant more trees, but we have to increase the drainage, malleability, and nutrient
Defending Swales - Seeding Berms In order to help with drainage, rocky ground, and thin soil I decided to dig swales and berms for the permaculture orchard.
Swales in action visible from google maps! Swales are ditches along contour lines that catch water and prevent top soil runoff. Stan Goff and Sister Carol Coston, OP, explain how a series of berms and swales helped stop erosion and utilized run-off water to
Edible Landscaping designer and author Michael Judd share practical how-to on growing food forests, uncommon fruits, and nuts Hoping to boost the performance of my garden swale by mulching with composted manure and alfalfa hay.
Rainwater in our berms & swales! #offgrid #permaculture Welcome to a brand new project here on the Tiny Shiny Homestead! Part of our permaculture plan incudes massive berms and
Swales and Berms are Best, Right? After a careful design process involving a watershed analysis, our team came together to install these berms and swales to Making our berms and swales
Monsoon! Did Our Berms, Swales and AB Mix Keep Out The Water? Permaculture Swale in Action #permaculture #homestead #permaculturelife
If you want a swale that is going to do the job that it's intended to, you have to seed the berms right away. Otherwise, if it sits out in Do Swales Attract Mosquitoes? 🦟 🚫 #gardening #permaculture #homesteading
This Q&A is pulled from a collection of questions posed to me by students of my Online Permaculture Design course (PDC). Permaculture Swales - Ultimate Raised Bed
Berms not swales are the answer. Spread water on the surface. It's NOT WORKING Right! Half of the Swale Isn't Catching Water (Step 3)
Berms & Swales Stewardship — Chocorua Lake Conservancy In this video we will show you the easiest way of finding contour for permaculture berms and swales on your land so that you can
6-16-15. Berms are one of the most powerful tools we have for restoring damaged landscapes especially in regions facing harsher weather
Permaculture Berms and Swales after Rain