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Finding the "keypoint"

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Digging swales around established fruit trees?

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Hand digging a pseudo swale . . . Now what?

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swales

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Swales, terraces or neither on 45 deg. slope?

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Brush berms

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Swales in Humid Tropical Mountains. Yes or no?

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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?

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Small stone dam for my creek: pictures

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water seeks its own level - I have questions

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Swale over a keyline = Why would you?

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Need something to hold up my drive

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Topography Maps

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How to use a sand river

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Swales with a boxblade?

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Water management for flat ground

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Darren Doherty Youtube : Keyline on the beach

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Earthworks for Dry Summer Temperate Maritime regions

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Great Story About Hardpan Soil

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Siting swales & choosing contours

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

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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)

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Access road = Swale? Drainage ditch? Help!

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Earthworks: Brag post

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Pattern and chanel in Keyline

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How steep is too steep for a swale?

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To Swale or Not to Swale

13 replies 1

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Imprinting

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help: waterlogged anaerobic swale

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Built from scratch

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Finding contour for swale

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

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Stepped Mini-Swales

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Terribad erosion problem (swales needed?)

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Road Maintenance

8 replies 1 2

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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

2 replies 1

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How to design annual beds on slope?

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Great youtube Keyline primer from Darren Doherty

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Why is a krater garden warm?

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Are swales always good?

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Shallow Rocky Soil Above Hardpan

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Mud woes

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Techniques for combating frosts

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Very basic swale design question

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Equipment on steep slope: that first cut for swale

18 replies 1 2

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Garden Setup on a Grade

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Green Living Co-op Members install earthworks in Central Phoenix, AZ

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Swales in a garden

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Swale Creation/Depth Question

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Swale OFF Contour

8 replies 1 1

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Paying gig: Help me make a Keyline plowing plan

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Bulldozers... ponds... etc

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Gravel Screener

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Transitioning from ditch/flood irrigation to ponds and swales

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