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Major earthworks starting -- central texas

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Creek repair - brush dams

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Creek repair - rock dams

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Gradual Terracing

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Stump removal, which is lesser evil?

37 replies 1 2 9

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Swale berm planting suggestions

48 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 14 6

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Has anyone ever built a living road?

33 replies 9 6

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Capturing 100% of precipitation

9 replies 1 14

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Earthworks and flood irrigation?

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Cedar plank drain for land reclamation

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Too much water.....Sometimes, How to build swales

40 replies [ 1, 2 ] 21 11

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I plan to build a small concrete weir (2-3ft crest) along a disappearing creek in Haiti.

28 replies 24 10

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House, Meet Creek

33 replies 3 5

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passive solar garden heater

29 replies 1 14 3

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Ways to transform a Mudworld into a Paradise?

16 replies 3 5

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A Pallet Bridge over Muddy Waters

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A Water Cup Competition?!

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Contour maps for cheap

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What's the weirdest thing you've dug up?

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neighbor let us borrow the backhoe !

32 replies

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Swale overflow

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Swales, bunds, puddles, terraces, meanders, checkdams, waffles, earthworks

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how to get more dirt in the ditch

24 replies 1 1 6

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Water Harvesting Experiment

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Moving Away From Swales - Why Aren't More People Talking About Bill Zeedyk And Craig Sponholtz?

14 replies 1 2 11

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Swale layout

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Tiny brush dam progress

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Trouble understanding how to design drainage ditches on sloping land

12 replies 1

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Need to slow water on slope, but also need to be able to use riding mower. Got any creative ideas?

27 replies 1 1 3

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Help me figure out the swale & dam system for my property!

17 replies 3

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wattle gabions for stabilization of banks and hillsides

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how close to a tree line can I make a swale?

23 replies 1 2 2

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Please Review My Road Design

13 replies 7 1

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How to deal with a steep gravel driveway with challenging ruts and fun surprises

40 replies [ 1, 2 ] 3 9 10

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circular swales.

24 replies 3 14 5

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Joshua's and Big Berm's Excavator Adventure

22 replies 9

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Design of Auger Trolley

19 replies 2 4 9

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Is this the right idea? Redirecting rainwater

12 replies 7 1

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road surface options, long driveway, remote location

18 replies 2

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These ditches for storm runoff have become mosquito paradises

47 replies [ 1, 2 ] 13 4

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Building a gravel road

16 replies

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Turning a dry riverbed/wadi into a catchment

19 replies 1 7 2

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Efficiently making swales

37 replies 1 3

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Comprehensive 'How To' of Sepp-style terracing?

8 replies 1 2 1

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Trying to Decide on the First Piece of Heavy Farm Equipment

63 replies [ 1, 2 ] 7 11

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Swales on heavy clay soil?

18 replies 3

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Using old soaker hose for small French drain?

11 replies 2

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Desert hydrology and earthworks

18 replies 1 24 3

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Waynes water projects

36 replies 32 2

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how to terrace a mountain

33 replies 8

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Permaculture Site Survey prototype equipment

21 replies 2 6 4

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Organic geotextile fabric?

22 replies 2 10

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Swales for Drought: Is the Hype Real?

16 replies 1 1 4

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Digging a Ramp for a Tractor

8 replies 11 1

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Induced Meandering

35 replies 2 1

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Are small rocks bad for building steep terrace? (before I make a huge mistake!)

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Swales for extreme desert (Death Valley)

19 replies 2 4

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Keyline questions

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Detailed Topographic Maps with 2' contour interval

14 replies 1 5

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My Very First Swale

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