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Bridge/Ford or Culvert?

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When NOT to use a swale

7 replies 4 3

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tools/instructionals for putting swales on hillsides?

11 replies 3 2

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Identifying the Keypoint- and what if it is in the woods?

4 replies 4 1

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Newbie- help with earthworks! Permaculture in 7b GA, red clay, HOA

8 replies 9 1

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Excavations/mining and few other questions about desert & water

6 replies 11 4

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Prioritizing remediation following a timber harvest

16 replies 4 5

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How steep is too steep?

19 replies 3

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How to transport a contour line on a map onto the land and viceversa?

9 replies 1

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Swale dimensions and frequency

3 replies 6 4

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Operation Endless Haul

3 replies 4 4

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cheap truck and trailer set-up for dirt hauling

19 replies 2 3

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positive drainage to ditch line?

9 replies 1 3

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Which earthworks are appropriate for our property ?

5 replies 1 4 4

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Building a driveway in a desert area.

10 replies 1

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Hugelkultur , swales and berms

3 replies 1

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Swale End Design Question

5 replies 3

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Earthworks Using Plants

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Is this the right idea? Redirecting rainwater

7 replies 4

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Puddle on dirt lane - can I move it all to one side?

7 replies 5 3

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Finding the "keypoint"

17 replies 4 2

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Digging swales around established fruit trees?

19 replies 1

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Hand digging a pseudo swale . . . Now what?

8 replies 16 1

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swales

6 replies 1

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Images of Keyline, Keypoint, Berms, & Terraces: share for teaching & education

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Swales, terraces or neither on 45 deg. slope?

10 replies 3

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Brush berms

8 replies 3 1

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Swales in Humid Tropical Mountains. Yes or no?

2 replies 1 2

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Terraced Gardens on a Hillside

13 replies 2

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Re-topping Gravel Lot- Weeds and Mud

10 replies 2

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Where to start with swale digging?

28 replies 1

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Small stone dam for my creek: pictures

2 replies 1 2

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water seeks its own level - I have questions

5 replies 2 1

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Need something to hold up my drive

7 replies 1 1

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Topography Maps

6 replies

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How to use a sand river

9 replies 3 5 2

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Swales with a boxblade?

6 replies 3

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Water management for flat ground

11 replies 2 1

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Installing tile drains in fields

6 replies 1

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Darren Doherty Youtube : Keyline on the beach

6 replies 5 1

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Earthworks for Dry Summer Temperate Maritime regions

20 replies 1

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How big an earth auger bit can you use on a 43cc auger head?

5 replies

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Growing Swales, as the first step in reforesting tropical slopes.

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I'm looking for information on building a half hoop house / walipini into a hillside (newbie)

8 replies 3 3

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setting up a natural stage or amphitheater

6 replies 5 1

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How Best to Remediate Soil from Pesticides and Herbicides?

2 replies 4 2

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Access road = Swale? Drainage ditch? Help!

12 replies 3 1

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How steep is too steep for a swale?

9 replies 6 2

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To Swale or Not to Swale

13 replies 1

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Imprinting

9 replies 1 2

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Built from scratch

4 replies 3 3

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Finding contour for swale

10 replies 1 3

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Is a "mini-excavator" good enough? What would be a fair rental price?

11 replies 1 1

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Terribad erosion problem (swales needed?)

12 replies 5 2

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Road Maintenance

8 replies 1 2

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Earthworks: Brag post

2 replies 1

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Swales on heavily forested land

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Water rights and earth works.

11 replies 1

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Hugulkultur and an intermittent channel

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Seeds for Erosion Control Earthworks on Navajoland

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