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Recent Posts
- Integrative Permaculture – New Workshop in the Temperate Rainforest Region of Vancouver
- David Wolfe on Superfoods: Goji Berry and Marine Phytoplankton
- Milkwood Permaculture: Inside a Warré Beehive with Tim Malfroy
- Paul Stamets on Fungi: Benefactors of All Earth’s Species
- Bill Mollison on Urban Permaculture
Swales Archive
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Geoff Lawton – Introduction to Permaculture Design
March 25, 2012In this full length feature video Geoff Lawton takes us through the basics of what a Permaculture Design System looks like. -
Why Should I Put a Swale Into My Garden?
March 25, 2012capturing water to slow it, spread it, sink it, just like Brock Dolman always told ya -
Harvesting Water – The Swale Plume
March 19, 2012A Swale Plume clip in action from Geoff Lawton's DVD "Harvesting Water - The Permaculture Way." Swales as used in permaculture are designed to slow and capture runoff by spreading it horizontally across the landscape (along an elevation contour line), facilitating runoff infiltration into the soil. This type of swale is created by digging a ditch on contour and piling the dirt on the downhill side of the ditch to create a berm. In arid climates, vegetation (existing or planted) along the swale can benefit from the concentration of runoff.