Hey all, I'm about to start planting a food forest on a small slope, which is steeper in about the middle of the decline.
It runs off to a paddock which gets a bit soggy when its really wet, (at the moment is literally the wettest it has been in the past few years) then the river is below.
Soil is loamy up top then goes silty at the bottom. Lots of kikuyu.
We have a dozen trees to start, was thinking of 3 swales starting from the top working down the slope.
But I wonder if it's too steep for a swale in the middle part, and maybe to just do one bigger/longer swale near the bottom of the slope to catch the water and protect the flatter ground below.
We are in NZ, mid north island, not far inland from the coast. Zone 10. We get a decent rainfall but hot summers, can be dry. A few light frosts each year.
Really appreciate any thoughts on this!
Bex
