Daniela Pereira

Abraham Palma wrote:Hi, Daniela,
seja bem-vindo!

There are tonnes of information in these forums. My small little (unasked) advice is to know well your terrain first, since the solutions you might find for other permies might not work in your location. There are a few general principles, but always local applications.
Homesteading is a journey, best to take in small steps, one skill at a time, one bed of veggies done well before trying the second one. Boa sorte!

You know what, thats what Im learning, one step at the time. One skill at the time. Now its Keyline, may God lead us to the rest

Pearl Sutton wrote:Hi Daniela!   Welcome to Permies!
The big topo map will show you the basic lay of the land, then use a smaller level to determine exactly where you want swales etc. A topo service is way more than you probably need, and low tech stuff works well and MUCH MUCH cheaper.

My favorite small level is a bunyip type thing I made. Incredibly easy to use. Out of this thread here on permies Forming swales (or anything) on contour I snagged this video on them. I haven't watched it, but they are so basic that has to make as much sense as anything.

That same thread has a few other options too. A lot of people use A frame type levels, I really think a basic bunyip is much easier to deal with, less time and effort to make, and just as accurate.
Check out the Earthworks forum here on permies for a LOT more info about what you might want or not want to do. Depending on your climate, different techniques are useful.

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It was exactly something like this that I was looking for!  Thank you so much for answering!

Hello everyone.

So my grandma has some land and me and my husband are trying to help regenerate the land as much as possible we bought a book about regenerative agriculture, and it talks about keyline, now I did my research and the book talks about it too, I know how to read the maps I know how to find the key point. The thing is ...

I have a topographic map of the mountain where the land is, but I don't have a topographic map of the parcel of land itself.
I know they are necessary, but can I somehow use the topographic lines of the big map to make my swales and my gardens?
The thing is we don't have a ton of money and to bring someone to do a topographic service on the site would be quite expensive so we are looking for options.
Thank you in advance!

Hello Everyone, my name is Daniela Pereira, my Husband's name is Marco, we are a young couple, we´re almost making a year together (married, 4 years of dating ) and we are from Portugal.
My grandmother has some land and we are doing what we can with the resources we have to make the land and the soil as sustainable as possible.
I found this forum when I was looking for cheaper ways to do keyline design, and I decided to register to learn more.
I'm excited to be here nice to meet you all!