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Using a Trencher/Ditch Witch to dig swales?

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Water where I don't want it!

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Swales question

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design info for swales

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Too Much Volume for a Grass Waterway

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Where do you put the swale?

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To Swale or Not to Swale

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How do I build Terraces

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Swale Depth

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New Swale construction

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Looking for Recommendations: Earthwork Contractor & Planning Advice – Spokane Area

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concerns about Swales and erosion

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Spring formation and swales

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building underground: New approach

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GPS Keyline Accuracy?

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Translating observation into practice

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New toy for me too

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Terracing/Raised bed advice needed

9 replies

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Roads & swales

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Erosion Control

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For small cropping: At what percentage slope should one consider terracing?

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Spontaneous Mountain Spring

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Land Advice

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Methods for boring and installing a 3" pipe under a raised shared road?

10 replies 1

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Fish Scale Terracing - transforming steep slopes to tree sites utilizing goats

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Swales in action- first ever test

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Gravel driveway and weeds

15 replies

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Swales are so cool !!! Pic heavy

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Holistic Management, Keyline Design, and Food Forest/Savanna

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Swales to support a dense hedge?

7 replies

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Swales in a vineyard

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Ditch Plow from Y&J Farm Equipment

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Pond and swale update, 2 more inches of rain

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Where has the water gone?

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Is dynamite an appropriate technology for earthworks?

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Salvaging an old Bucket Loader

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Stillwater issue created by clearcutting

10 replies 2

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sunken fruit spiral

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Question on the difference between a berm and a terrace

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Check Out My Swale Project

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Swale rough calculations

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Terrible sloping driveway

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Grader vs Box Blade for swales

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Infiltrate or drain water in small terraces ?

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Help with dam placement.

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Constructing a Butler style Natural Swimming Pool

7 replies 2

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Creating swales with dense clay : Good idea? How do I make sure water soaks in...

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How dry and how steep for novice?

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Mitigating deep erosion gullies to improve the water cycle

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swales in heavy clay soil

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What came first, the swale or the tree?

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Finding contour on uneven land

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Ponds near top of land form

7 replies 1

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Slope or Flat? Permaculture Planning Pro and Con

6 replies

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Construction of terraces

7 replies 2

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Swale on very sandy soil, cold, pointless? Harmful?

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Swales in Wet Climate?

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Planting to stabilize a new sloping dirt lane

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Keyline Swale Article- The best of both worlds?

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Swales in ancient fields

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