Emma Smith

What does the mulch do after you lay it down? In terms of water retention, it might help to add more mulch every so often in succession, giving the mulch a chance to break down and become soil.

Do you have raised hugelkulture beds, or are they in the ground?

So if you have a lack of surface runoff, it seems your soils must be doing pretty well unless its sandy?

We used microswales because the hill behind our house wouldn't be able to handle a large one. Kinda small and compact and steep back there.

We've had favorable results with our micro swales, so we might just be able to do this.

Devon Olsen wrote:^ it's cus youre in colorado:p lol

been a couple of years since ive seen much activity from this thread, definitely picked up since then tho

Hope to rectify that soon. God knows its SoCo that needs permaculture bad.
Wonder why Colorado doesn't have a lot of permies?

I am 17 years old and am trying permaculture in Southern Colorado. Seems I'm the only person with parents completely on board for permaculture?

Dave Burton wrote:Hi Matis! I have a year of high school left along with college and scholarship applications to do. So, technically, I am still a teen.

Dave,
What do you plan to do after you graduate, permaculture wise?

I know they must be few and far between, but are there any teenagers interested in permaculture here?