! Josiah’s Bootcamp Log

#60!
We are really picking up speed with the pole harvesting. Dustin has been imparting his wisdom of the fire line to move material, today we tried it with the finished poles and it made the unload very smooth and efficient.

#61

jordan wrote:  What is that odd object in the second photo, it is in the middle near the bottom. It looks like half a cat? or a cat with one leg?? what is it

I figured it was Schrodinger's cat and the rest of it was still in the box.

#62

#63
We are stacking the limbs from making poles and using them for various projects. Fred explains how we are using them in the creek bed to influence water retention.

#64

I’m confused about how you can ‘slow a Creek down’. Seems the rate of flow is what it is, and any damming results in ponding. Or is that what he means by saying retention?

I think that a permeable dam results in restricted flow above ground, consequently there may be some ponding as well as surface flow being forced underground.

I could also imagine slowing a creek down by articulating curves into its course.

It seems as though any increase in creek bank surface area is going to add friction and slow the flow down

I think that we decrease the velocity of the water by spreading it out, while maintaining the same flow rate(cfs)

I think that we decrease the velocity of the water by spreading it out, while maintaining the same flow rate(cfs)

Correct. You can’t change the flow rate (which is determined by the source- typically snow/ice melt, or springs, and of course rain) unless you change the source.
Water will always take the path of least resistance, so I’m not sure about it going underground unless it already was. To the degree a dam creates pressure, it may force water into the ground to a small extent (very minor with a creek) but the water primarily is going to flow over the surface, meaning flooding/ponding. I can see where several of these brush ‘dams’ every so many feet would be very beneficial to trapping moisture in the surrounding land by creating temporary floodplain.

I could also imagine slowing a creek down by articulating curves into its course.

It seems as though any increase in creek bank surface area is going to add friction and slow the flow down

This wouldn’t slow flow rate, but would decrease velocity and keep the water in that general area for a longer period of time.