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

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Idea - making a steep sided berm from sod

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Pond over flow, drainage help

15 replies 1 3 1

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Large scale Swale Examples in Arizona or W.NM?

24 replies 3 2 6

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What to do with the "Toilet Bowl" ravine?

10 replies 2

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Swales and Orchard

8 replies 2

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Pile o' rocks

15 replies 2 4 3

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renting an excavator for swales... what am I shopping for?

20 replies 1 1

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Disc or Chisel plough a field with 10 years of no cultivation?

23 replies 1 14 3

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Building a small dam with quikrete

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Can anyone let me know if I did this keyline design properly?

6 replies 4 1

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how to fill in a mile long trench

17 replies 1 3

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Just dig it rainfall moisture retention

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What to do with lots of Rocks and Boulders

13 replies 1 2

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Suburban backyard swale

3 replies 5 3

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Earthworks in high desert around existing trees?

18 replies 1 4

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A Water Cup Competition?!

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Please help me decide on earthworks plan. Less irrigation, more food. Tough climate. Ideas?

7 replies 1 1 2

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Grading for road access plus water harvesting

12 replies 3 1

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Resources for Dam building info

10 replies 1

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geocells (and why your next driveway, parking space, or entry road may want them)

17 replies 7 1

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Terrace or Swale?

8 replies 2 3

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"Problem is the solution" - Ways to apply this to ruts formed in steep hillside road?

7 replies 10 5

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French drain without plastic?

5 replies 1

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Example of a pond without a liner

15 replies 1 2 1

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Sepp Holzer spring development

17 replies 1

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Surveying tools equipment

9 replies 1 1 3

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save our terracing....please!

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Ideas for preventing ditch collapse/erosion?

11 replies 2 1

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Water retention project begun

13 replies 1 9

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diverting water off shared private road-cheap? Easy? Not annoy neighbors?

9 replies 2 2

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Confirmed spring / One rock dams

10 replies 13 5

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Ideal suntrap curve

7 replies 1

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Replacing Irrigation with Permaculture by Paul Wheaton

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Wood chip driveway - a success story.

6 replies 1 7

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The puddle in my driveway

5 replies 1 3 1

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Dams in a Valley

15 replies 6 4

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Crater garden or pond?

3 replies 5 6

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Controlling Frost Pockets

8 replies 2 1

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Documenting my waterflows

13 replies 29 2

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Chinampas - Has anyone built one?

34 replies

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I want to build a little hill

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Advice on using swales for drainage and dry roots in waterlogged tropics

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Please help me find resources to understand swales?

13 replies 1 4 2

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What to do with a steep, sandy hillside

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Hopes for the Bozeman visit and a question of the US.

8 replies 5

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Should We Invent Solar Equipment To Dig Swales?

14 replies 10 3

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Water Harvesting swales and Keylines?

21 replies

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Sepp's Humus storage ditches and terraces

9 replies 4

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Breaking Ground

20 replies 4

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Does anybody really know what Keyline is?

5 replies 1

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Keyline plowing with additions

15 replies

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Swale Depth / Width and Berm Height?

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Submerged dams better than swales?

31 replies 5 2

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How to Make FREE Topograpghic Maps for Permaculture Design

3 replies 2 1 1

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Alternative to sketchup for Linux

6 replies

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Filling small swales with woodchips for a path - what could go wrong?

10 replies

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Hugeltrench, gray water, soil improvers

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Railcar Bridges

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earthworks in Karst Topography. Swales...

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