This short video shows examples of how you can slow the flow of water on your land. The ultimate goal is to not let a single drop of rain escape from your boundaries.
Media Luna, One Rock Dams, and Rock Run-Downs. We've seen a lot of similar erosion in the Western States of the US, and found that using locally-sourced material, like the abundant rock, is very effective if you apply it correctly.
All of the vegetation and native plants have been cleared. This causes the soil to release and become soft and loose as water flows quickly over. Combinations of stone and natural vegetation should remedy the issue completely and indefinitely.
This is an excellent video. Thank you. But I have a related question. Here it is. I have been doing this on my land for about 50 years and have a fairly mature dense working system of about 25 acres of pasture. I have posted writings about it and MANY videos for the last 12 years at least. I have traveled physically to the Alps and to Portugal for the purpose of studying it and posted about those trips, first having seen it in Peru and Senegal. I have traveled endlessly on line studying whatever I could find about acequias, levadas, bisses, Suonen, Andenes, socalcos, terraced landscapes -- all part of contoured farming and gardening. WHY? do my posts have so few views when a fine one like this one, within a month has 6.3 K views? I am NOT jealous, but I wonder why it is SOOO difficult to get the word out. See, for example one of my most watched videos. th-cam.com/video/4P60vrSfrGs/w-d-xo.html If there is ANY way to promote this technique you would be doing Gaia a great favor to share it.
I am just as surprised as you. Maybe it's in the titles. Most of my other videos have less than 100 views. I tried hard during our drought to push this stuff in preparation for when the drought broke but there wasn't much interest. All we can do is keep trying. BTW did you subscribe? I'll share the love.
Media Luna, One Rock Dams, and Rock Run-Downs. We've seen a lot of similar erosion in the Western States of the US, and found that using locally-sourced material, like the abundant rock, is very effective if you apply it correctly.
4:20 could be fixed simply by stopping actively destroying the area with overgrazing.
Wonderful stuff 👏👏
Thank you! Cheers!
All of the vegetation and native plants have been cleared. This causes the soil to release and become soft and loose as water flows quickly over. Combinations of stone and natural vegetation should remedy the issue completely and indefinitely.
Yes, you are right
Great information. 😊😊😊
Thanks, some techniques are very interesting and very effective.
This is an excellent video. Thank you. But I have a related question. Here it is. I have been doing this on my land for about 50 years and have a fairly mature dense working system of about 25 acres of pasture. I have posted writings about it and MANY videos for the last 12 years at least. I have traveled physically to the Alps and to Portugal for the purpose of studying it and posted about those trips, first having seen it in Peru and Senegal. I have traveled endlessly on line studying whatever I could find about acequias, levadas, bisses, Suonen, Andenes, socalcos, terraced landscapes -- all part of contoured farming and gardening. WHY? do my posts have so few views when a fine one like this one, within a month has 6.3 K views? I am NOT jealous, but I wonder why it is SOOO difficult to get the word out. See, for example one of my most watched videos. th-cam.com/video/4P60vrSfrGs/w-d-xo.html If there is ANY way to promote this technique you would be doing Gaia a great favor to share it.
I am just as surprised as you. Maybe it's in the titles. Most of my other videos have less than 100 views. I tried hard during our drought to push this stuff in preparation for when the drought broke but there wasn't much interest. All we can do is keep trying. BTW did you subscribe? I'll share the love.