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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

83 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 2 28 21

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Swale berm planting suggestions

48 replies [ 1, 2 ] 14 3

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Cedar plank drain for land reclamation

30 replies 17 13

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

40 replies [ 1, 2 ] 22 10

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Earthworks and flood irrigation?

68 replies [ 1, 2 ] 32 1

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

27 replies 24 10

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passive solar garden heater

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Has anyone ever built a living road?

33 replies 9 6

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A Pallet Bridge over Muddy Waters

12 replies 1 2 10

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Contour maps for cheap

25 replies 9 3

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

35 replies 10 14

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Stump removal, which is lesser evil?

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Permies Poll: Do you own heavy equipment for your homestead?

17 replies 2 10

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how to get more dirt in the ditch

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

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Water Harvesting Experiment

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Tiny brush dam progress

17 replies 1 16 13

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Swale layout

19 replies 10 14

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

17 replies 3

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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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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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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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Desert hydrology and earthworks

18 replies 1 24 3

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Waynes water projects

36 replies 32 2

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Ways to transform a Mudworld into a Paradise?

8 replies 2 2

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Comprehensive 'How To' of Sepp-style terracing?

8 replies 1 2 1

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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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Induced Meandering

35 replies 2 1

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Swales for extreme desert (Death Valley)

19 replies 2 4

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Keyline questions

42 replies [ 1, 2 ] 3

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Detailed Topographic Maps with 2' contour interval

14 replies 1 5

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My Very First Swale

21 replies 5 6

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

12 replies 1 2 8

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Please convince me on permaculture earth work in a wet and 'getting wetter' environment.

11 replies 9

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Help.... working on slopes over 50% gradient.!!!

23 replies 2 9 7

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Mountainous Farm and Earthworks

14 replies 50 5

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Pond or swales to help with erosion?

21 replies 4 1

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Excavator vs dozer.?.?.?

20 replies 1 6

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Swale question

5 replies 2

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Nat Geo Launched a Free Website for Printing Detailed Topographical Maps

5 replies 2 5

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Badly built ''terraces'' - how do I stabilize them?

14 replies 1 7 4

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Build soil to eliminate standing water?

14 replies 1 1

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Newly installed swales put to the test by monsoon rain fails

7 replies 5 7

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4 acres keyline designed food forest/savanna in Ontario

10 replies 8 1

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Ridgecrest Farm - The Beginning

37 replies 12 2

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Terracing on a steep slope in Appalachia

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