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"Condemnation by category is the lowest form of hatred for it is cold hearted and abstract, lacking the heat and even the courage of a personal hatred." -Wendell Berry
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Invasive plants are Earth's way of insisting we notice her medicines. Stephen Herrod Buhner
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Jay Angler wrote:Wood floats and you want the water to exit where it's safe to exit, right? So the wood is "floating out the exit"?
Assuming so, you need to makes something sieve-like that will encourage fewer wood chips to leave, while allowing the water to leave at the rate necessary?
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Anne Miller wrote:What is the purpose of the swales? Just to catch water or to prevent something?
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Invasive plants are Earth's way of insisting we notice her medicines. Stephen Herrod Buhner
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Nancy Reading wrote:I suppose in time the problem will be reduced as the woodchip breaks down into soil and whatever you have planted in the swales starts to mature. I'm wondering if there is something that you could plant at the edges of the swales that would have the same effect - a clumping grass like vetiver, or a herb like sage or marjoram that has lots of small branches perhaps.
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Lauren Pfaff wrote:I wonder if you could have a way that, in the case the swale water-level was too high, it would flow somewhere else? Perhaps a French drain to a pond or dry creek bed?
"Condemnation by category is the lowest form of hatred for it is cold hearted and abstract, lacking the heat and even the courage of a personal hatred." -Wendell Berry
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Josh Hoffman wrote: I had considered a 2" or 3" pvc pipe section with ball valve at both ends for the days I know we will have torrential rain. Had I considered this when I placed the swales, I could have made it work better than trying to retrofit it now.
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Jay Angler wrote:
Josh Hoffman wrote: I had considered a 2" or 3" pvc pipe section with ball valve at both ends for the days I know we will have torrential rain. Had I considered this when I placed the swales, I could have made it work better than trying to retrofit it now.
I'm assuming you also considered making more swales to cope with the bigger storms?
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