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RE: How To Capture And Utilize Every Drop Of Water On Your Farm Using Keyline Water Design
That is what we hope to do with our property!Ponds and swales on the "flat" area, but most of our land has gentle to moderate slope, and that keyline technique wouild be ideal! We bought the only backhoe we could afford, and it lasted about a year. We got critical infrastructure projects done, but none of the fun stuff. We have permaculture dreams but poormaculture finances...
<permaculture dreams but poormaculture finances
That's funny!
Here are a few swale gardens I did a couple of years ago.
https://steemit.com/gardening/@luzcypher/chickens-weeding-swale-garden-beds-for-free
https://steemit.com/gardening/@luzcypher/swale-building-project-saves-water-turning-a-problem-into-a-solutio
https://steemit.com/gardening/@luzcypher/cover-crops-can-grow-food-organically-with-no-fertilizers-no-pesticides-no-herbicides-and-no-chemicals
Even the flattest land has some kind of slope to it. Creating a keyline ma and ripping the soil along that contour deep enough to reach the subsoil is worth the effort even on what appears to be flat land. It will still allow more water to soak into the land.
For smaller plots, you can mark the contours with an A-frame level. For larger plots, a bubble level or transit level works better.