Best ever topics in earthworks

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
Nancy Reading
paul wheaton
John F Dean
r ransom
Jay Angler

stewards:

Timothy Norton
Tereza Okava
Pearl Sutton

master gardeners:

Christopher Weeks
M Ljin

gardeners:

Jeremy VanGelder
Megan Palmer
Thekla McDaniels

Show best of: all time . 365 days . 30 days . 7 days

Best ever topics in earthworks

earthworks

How do I work with washes on my Desert landscape?

7 replies 2

earthworks

Controlling Frost Pockets

8 replies 2 1

earthworks

New permie w/swale questions (now with pix and more questions)

32 replies 17

earthworks

Documenting my waterflows

13 replies 29 2

earthworks

How to Make FREE Topograpghic Maps for Permaculture Design

3 replies 2 1 1

earthworks

Installing tile drains in fields

7 replies 1

earthworks

Chinampas - Has anyone built one?

34 replies

earthworks

I want to build a little hill

17 replies 2 11

earthworks

Submerged dams better than swales?

31 replies 5 2

earthworks

Need trench/drain ideas

2 replies 1

earthworks

Bowl Terraces (crater gardens)

16 replies 5 2

earthworks

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

13 replies 9 7

earthworks

Please help me find resources to understand swales?

13 replies 1 4 2

earthworks

What to do with a steep, sandy hillside

4 replies 15 2

earthworks

Holzer terraces problem

19 replies 2 1

earthworks

Should We Invent Solar Equipment To Dig Swales?

14 replies 10 3

earthworks

swales, permaculture, living fence vid

3 replies 1 2

earthworks

Water Harvesting swales and Keylines?

21 replies 1

earthworks

Sepp's Humus storage ditches and terraces

9 replies 4

earthworks

Breaking Ground

20 replies 4

earthworks

Does anybody really know what Keyline is?

5 replies 1

earthworks

Keyline plowing with additions

15 replies

earthworks

Swale Depth / Width and Berm Height?

8 replies 12

earthworks

Residential swale construction, concerns and comments welcome

6 replies 4 1

earthworks

Alternative to sketchup for Linux

6 replies

earthworks

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

10 replies

earthworks

Hugeltrench, gray water, soil improvers

3 replies 4 1

earthworks

Swale-berm plant/pigweed management - Ctrl Texas

3 replies

earthworks

Railcar Bridges

8 replies 2

earthworks

mini water retention pond/wetland under construction

7 replies 2 1

earthworks

earthworks in Karst Topography. Swales...

21 replies 1

earthworks

Bridge/Ford or Culvert?

13 replies 6

earthworks

When NOT to use a swale

7 replies 4 3

earthworks

tools/instructionals for putting swales on hillsides?

11 replies 3 2

earthworks

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

4 replies 4 1

earthworks

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

8 replies 9 1

earthworks

Where to place swales

8 replies 1

earthworks

Excavations/mining and few other questions about desert & water

6 replies 11 4

earthworks

Prioritizing remediation following a timber harvest

16 replies 4 5

earthworks

How steep is too steep?

19 replies 3

earthworks

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

9 replies 1

earthworks

Swale dimensions and frequency

3 replies 6 4

earthworks

Operation Endless Haul

3 replies 4 4

earthworks

My swale Time Lapse

7 replies 2 1 3

earthworks

cheap truck and trailer set-up for dirt hauling

19 replies 2 3

earthworks

positive drainage to ditch line?

9 replies 1 3

earthworks

Which earthworks are appropriate for our property ?

5 replies 1 4 4

earthworks

Building a driveway in a desert area.

10 replies 1

earthworks

Hugelkultur , swales and berms

3 replies 1

earthworks

Swale End Design Question

5 replies 3

earthworks

Would you use a fast, low-cost service to get farm contours (from public LIDAR/DEM)?

6 replies

earthworks

Earthworks Using Plants

18 replies 2 3 1

earthworks

Pls look at my field and give advice!

20 replies 13

earthworks

Swales/Ponds Advice

6 replies 3

earthworks

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

7 replies 5 3

earthworks

Finding the "keypoint"

17 replies 4 2

earthworks

Digging swales around established fruit trees?

19 replies 1

earthworks

Hand digging a pseudo swale . . . Now what?

8 replies 16 1

earthworks

swales

6 replies 1

earthworks

Swales, terraces or neither on 45 deg. slope?

10 replies 3
- ◄
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- ...
- 13
- ►

Top Forums

digital market

building

earthship 1995
earth bag 3495
rainwater catchment 6284
greenhouses 11478
finishes 1970
stone work 2241
fencing 4129
roundwood and timber framing 6885
wofati and earth berm 8356
natural building 26056
cob 6638
straw bale house 3153
tiny house 6029
toilet alternatives 6484
woodworking 6354
passive solar 3497
grey water 3711
nomadic housing 1662
6 more...

permaculture artisans

skip

pep 6242
skills to inherit property 4141
pea 1248
pep gardening 976
pep animal care 1252
pep textiles 2410
skip workshop 1483
20 more...

growies

fruit trees 27579
hugelkultur 17125
forest garden 28113
permaculture 34944
gardening for beginners 35209
plants 59619
woodland 12597
soil 22655
trees 32778
composting 17742
organic 20709
lawn 6877
potatoes 2762
hedges 1987
40 more...

ungarbage

repair 6125
recycling 7795
zero waste 5748
upcycling 5536
1 more...

critters

chickens 23653
honey bees 7943
bugs 12155
goats and sheep 10177
pigs 6556
cattle 5164
dogs and cats 7692
critter care 9920
16 more...

homesteading

homestead 45720
gear 23426
earthworks 9825
ponds 8225
wells and springs 3624
scythes 1875
low tech 5096
3 more...

energy

rocket mass heaters 45320
rocket stoves 30283
alternative energy 18760
wood burning stoves 14284
solar 11781
transportation 3305
rocket ovens 2456
6 more...

monies

frugality 19776
crowdfunding 15643
residual income streams 1731
farm income 8941
financial strategy 9061
cottage industry 3128
2 more...

community

intentional community 15171
ecovillage 2272
communication 6499
decision making 767
permaculture singles 11631
rural 3099
6 more...

wilderness

wild harvesting 8185
ancestral skills 5087
hunting and fishing 2146
survival 4901

regional

missoula 7521
cascadia 10160
rockies 5066
great white north 4411
europe 3943
southwest usa 4469
midwest usa 4117
eastern usa 3300
southeast usa 4942
ozarks 2974
south america / central america / mexico 1807
iberia 3015
africa 2213
13 more...

permies.com

tinkering with this site 44691
introductions 8917
meaningless drivel 82597
wiki 25489
1 more...

projects

projects 23222
wheaton laboratories 36079
permaculture design 8629
permaculture sites 2291

global resources

books 12434
movies, videos and documentaries 5720
products 2006
paul wheaton's permaculture podcasts 4297
resources: seeds, plants, honey, consulting, etc. 5688
blatant advertising 4341
podcasts 932
magazines 272
7 more...

kitchen

food preservation 14054
fermentation 6803
cooking 31802
medicinal herbs 12778
food as medicine 9548
vegan food 1646
6 more...

education

pdc 2547
workshops 3397
conferences / convergences 1116
kids 4000
online learning 2897
science and research 2743
5 more...

art

art 11280
music 3882
writing 2797
living art 1502
camera work 3435
2 more...

fiber arts

textile techniques 7645
animal fibers 3582
plant fibers 3322
sewing 6334
3 more...

purity

home care 6058
personal care 11304
ergonomics 3391
1 more...

experiences

volunteer offerings 4202
jobs offered 2345
jobs wanted 1399
land shares 4557
7 more...