Design on contour or off contour? - Similar Threads

Register / Login

permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums

this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...

master stewards:

Carla Burke
Anne Miller
Nancy Reading
John F Dean
r ransom
paul wheaton
Timothy Norton

stewards:

Jay Angler
Pearl Sutton
Andrés Bernal

master gardeners:

Christopher Weeks

gardeners:

M Ljin
Thekla McDaniels
May Lotito

Other threads similar to Design on contour or off contour?

earthworks

Does anybody really know what Keyline is?

5 replies 1

earthworks

Water Harvesting swales and Keylines?

21 replies 1

earthworks

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

large farm

subsoil on contour?

2 replies 6 1

pasture

Keyline ploughing vs swales

19 replies 5

earthworks

Keyline questions

42 replies [ 1, 2 ] 3

greening the desert

Keyline (subsoil ripping) in Chihuhuan Desert (PIC's)

19 replies 3 2

earthworks

Very basics about keylines

11 replies 1

permaculture design

Keyline agriculture contour, slope, tools questions

1 reply 1

earthworks

Help! swales vs. keyline - was Yeoman right?

4 replies 1

earthworks

Keyline plow on a steep slope?

2 replies

earthworks

keyline agriculture when you don't own the key point

2 replies

earthworks

tips on maximising use of chisel plow (not yeomans)?

3 replies

sepp holzer

Sepp Holzer's 500 Hectare Project in Kazakhstan

16 replies 7 5

lawn

Seeding a back yard with a west slope

7 replies

natural building

Natural Cooling

24 replies 3 4 18

hugelkultur

Which way to run my hugelkultur beds

6 replies 1

earthworks

Small-scale keyline on a sloped pasture

2 replies

earthworks

Trouble understanding how to design drainage ditches on sloping land

12 replies 1

earthworks

Qs for Darren - keyline plow - swales in keyline

5 replies

earthworks

Berm, Swale or nothing around pergola

6 replies 1

earthworks

Suggestions for Implementing Keyline Earthworks for an Orchard System?

2 replies 2

soil

Building heavy, acidic clay soil (ultisol)

9 replies 7 5

earthworks

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

23 replies 2 9 7

permaculture

build a swale on steep hillside?

23 replies 1 2

earthworks

Advise building terraces with reclaimed earth from house site

7 replies 4

nuts

Chestnuts

54 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 2 1

introductions

Lower middle class transition to rural permaculture

14 replies

earthworks

Ridge patterns

7 replies

soil

Pasture generation/improvement for sheep

14 replies

organic

Tips and Tricks for a North Facing Slope?

21 replies 7

earthworks

GPS Keyline Accuracy?

19 replies 4 1

tips for awkward spots

Food forest on a steep slope

6 replies 1

tips for awkward spots

What to do with a slope?

26 replies 6 2

large farm

Post-Fire Regenerative Broad-acre Agro-ecology Questions

0 replies 6 1

earthworks

swales to water my roses

3 replies

ponds

Earthwork/pond planning for my new homestead

1 reply

homestead

Ideas for utilizing our land

7 replies

forest garden

Crescent City Food Forest

15 replies 60 6

soil

10 inches of compost on top of clay. Should I till it in?

27 replies 10 1

earthworks

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

40 replies [ 1, 2 ] 21 11

rockies

Southern Colorado permaculture: please help

43 replies [ 1, 2 ] 28 5

earthworks

Swale dimensions and frequency

3 replies 6 4

greening the desert

Getting things started

77 replies [ 1, 2 ] 10 28 10

tips for awkward spots

SALT - Sloping Agricultural Land Technology

6 replies

earthworks

ridge keyline cultivation, parrarel equal distance, steep valley

4 replies 10 1

forest garden

35 acre NorCal food forest

17 replies 2

earthworks

Keyline and Off Farm Water Source

1 reply

soil

A Soil Owner's Manual by Jon Sitka--Discussion thread.

25 replies 2 15 18 1

earthworks

Please help me find resources to understand swales?

13 replies 1 4 2