Edgar Lopez

It is definitely an Ash tree, I've got experience with these species.

The whole property has on-contour swales and all the rain that falls on it gets infiltrated. What I'm trying to harvest is run off from outside the property that enters through the lower portion of it. A swale wouldn't help me much as it would be below everything else in the property. I intended to pond the water for wildlife use and irrigation during dry season.

Thanks for replying. The area just below will be left wild, as it is mostly an outcrop with native trees between the rocks and is near the edge of the property. All the production areas are on higher ground, about 5m above. The water only flows during storms, nothing permanent. It causes some erosion though, but I'm working on it. I would like to catch as much water as possible, evaporation is about twice as much as rainfall.

Good day everyone! Every rainy season a considerably large area drains through the lower portion of my property. I figured out I could do some earthworks and catch the runoff so I could use the water during the dry season. Doing some test pits we found out that soil in that particular zone is about 1m deep before reaching huge boulders and rock. It would require big machinery to do any significant digging and I think the investment would be way too much. Any suggestions? Maybe creating a shallow pond and pumping water somewhere else?