The Permaculture Swale (Tom’s Take)
Explaining the swale
On Contour
Overflow and Through Flow
Managing Hydration and Fertility
Ditch and Mound Design
Vegetation’s role in the swale
Level Sill Spillway
Survey Line
Zero Point
Spillway in the Mound
Increasing Mound Height
Permaculture Swale in real life
Permaculture swale in real life
Cuts, Mounds and Spillway
Varying Cuts due to gradient
Planted out mounds, the ditch and the cut
Distance and amount of swales
How far apart to place swales
Amount of spillways in a swale
Wrapping up
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