GREENING THE DESERT w/ RAINWATER? Off-Grid Family Builds Permaculture Berm & Swale, Plants Trees
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- čas přidán 6. 06. 2024
- Family of 6 creates the first permaculture berm and swale on their off-grid desert homestead property. It will provide fire and wind break, increase the water capacity of the soil, catch and divert water to protect their buildings from flooding during monsoons, and help build increased biodiversity to green the desert. Come along for the ride as we recap this 2 month project from planning to digging to hand work to planting trees and grasses to irrigating, and more.
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00:00 - Introduction
00:54 - Berm & Swale Explanation
2:48 - Finding Contour
4:29 - Backhoe Operator Instructions
6:38 - Marking Swale First Try
7:57 - Swale Adjustments
9:49 - Planning the Spillway
11:23 - Backhoe Cutting Swale
19:15 - First Rain with Berm & Swale
21:02 - Checking Contour Level
26:53 - What’s Stopping the Water?
30:54 - Wood Chipping Mulch
34:07 - Buying Trees
39:02 - Tiny Shiny Tree Collective
42:14 - Hand Work Smoothing Berm & Swale
47:59 - Planting Grasses
49:06 - Planting Trees
51:53 - Fixing Culvert
57:23 - Planting More Trees, Cleanup, Mulch & Straw
1:03:32 - Rocks Around Culvert
1:06:07 - Supporting Trees
1:08:48 - Drip Irrigation
1:21:11 - Tiny Shiny Tree Collective Instant Photos
1:26:10 - Donating Left Over Trees
1:33:22 - 1 Month Followup
1:39:16 - Wrap Up
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Hey Im doing the same thing in Texas on 14 acres right on the Mexican border. I used Google Earth to figure out where to put my trenches and bowls. From Google Earth, there are dried up waterways all over my property so I just have to catch enough rain to replenish my water sources. I actually wrote a guide that I am going to publish soom.
Make some videos!
@@williammangion5936 i definitely plan to. I have some really creatuve ideas for the land that I want to share with everyone
Thank you man, that's a gift for the world. I really hope that more people get inspired by you.
are you sure that Google Earth is precise enough for your needs?
@@ferencszabo3504 yes. I use it to get a general idea of the elevation in the area. Im going to do something really cool to the property, ill post vids with my girl as we go
For folks who can't hire backhoes: Learn the flow of rain in your yard, your land, and with a shovel carve out a small 3 or 4 ft quarter-moon-shape beside a tree, to catch that precious water. You'll see a growth difference with the very next rain. Remember that permaculture can always be achieved without spending any money whatsoever. Good luck to all---
Thank you, kindly! 😊
Do you see clay
Strong hold is nice for your pick Nick
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Not spending money is what I going for. I'm almost 77 and 5 foot tall (good health of course) I think I can handle 1/3 acre. LOL
You guys are awesome, I live in Cape Town, South Africa in a suburban home. I dug a swale by spade method and planted 1 white mulberry tree next to it. In another spot I put in some Asparagus. When my lemon tree (from seed) gets a bit bigger it is going in too as well as a Fig. My property is small, but eventually my food forest will take off.
Eucalyptus trees will burn like candles in a bush fire. If you want a fire prevent and a microclima change then use a lot of oaks. The wood and the leaves will not catch fire for a long time and if the heat increases they will drop little waterdrops (when they are adult).
We use what grows well for our climate
Yes eucalyptus is like gasoline.
@TinyShinyHome Look to Portugal, they also thought that eucalyptus would be a good idea for this region. Now there are regular devastating fires there and, similar to Australia, the eucalyptus trees are one of the main hot spots.
@@ws4860 There are videos of eucalyptus literally exploding in the Australian wild fires.
We have a few of them, not a forest. They’re not the same variety either. It’s ok.
Solar panels and drip irrigation are used extensively here, in Israel. In the old Arab houses, almost every one has a built-in underground cistern for storing rainwater that drains off from the rooftops during the rainy season. Good luck in your project!
Yrs ago we had cisterns in our basement to store rainwater from our Eve troughs
Where did the Arabs who owned the old Arab houses go and why?
How deep are the cisterns for collecting rain water?
The Arabs were thrown out of their houses by these heartless zionists
hey man I have some questions about where the people who built those "old Arab houses" went
Looked like some of those trees already knew where to go. I love how you showed the trees at the end with the names of the people. Normally it’s these faceless contractors tearing them down without even asking what species lives there, your content is simply refreshing🙏🏻
Those trees grew so much from the planting and when you ended the video. They will look incredible when they are fully grown,adding so much to the environment as well as the ecology. We seem to over look not only do they produce oxygen but they give cover for wildlife and many of the insects that are also important in feeding the birds and other creatures too. This is very hard work for you and your family . But when you wake up on a morning,or sit on a night time outside your home , you must count yourself very lucky. It’s a dream many would love ,but can not accomplish . Many years ago when I was fitter I would have loved to do this . But it’s beyond me now. And I have had lots of adventures too in my days ..Keep up the great work Love n Light to you and your family 🥰
Hello Christine
I'm obviously writing this several months after you've posted this video so bear with me.
You're installing contiguous swales and there's nothing wrong with that at all. But where there may be an obstacle in the way such as much needed access or other desirable feature/s in the landscape, there's a viable alternative. Think of a dotted line. There are gaps between each section of the line.
So for the purposes of permaculture based design you determine the contour as usual but decide on the (length) of the swale/berm dash in your dotted line - (say 6, 10,15,20, 30 feet e.g.) & then dig. Then leave the appropriate gap between it & the next swale/berm dash in your dotted line before digging the next swale/berm dash. Rinse & repeat across that particular contour. THEN as you move downwards you do the same EXCEPT that this time, you start the NEW swale/berm dash line by digging IN-BETWEEN the gap of the one above then rinse and repeat until you get to the bottom of your watershed. The advantage of using this approach is that it simultaneously allows for easy access of machinery, vehicles and livestock & doesn't require any unnecessary expenditure on culverts & maintenance thereof. You also stand to catch the same amount of water without unintentionally creating a point/s where gully erosion can occur in the gaps of the dotted line were they to be symmetrically aligned on the horizontal and perpendicular planes. It can be a useful hack to (slightly) overlap the ends of each swale/berm dash line with the one above by say about a foot at either end when digging each successive contour as you move down the slope; again, for the purposes of not accidentally creating a point of gully erosion. Any silt that does wash down the slope will be caught by the swale/berm in the gap between the one above it.
I've seen the dotted line swale & berm dash approach used to great effect in Rajasthan, India, which turned clapped out land into highly productive land. There's several CZcams videos detailing this.
I'd also use an organic mulch topped by a gravel or rock/pebble mulch around the base of your new trees so that when they do get rain or irrigation, that moisture will stay put. The organic mulch will, gradually rot down, holding moisture & building soil as it does so, and the (impermeability) of the rock or pebble mulch on top of that will stop most of the evaporation. Rock mulch will also stop the organic mulch from blowing away in the desert winds & stop cats or other animals from digging around the rootballs of the trees.
The Earth can heal herself via 'natural processes' if we give her a bit of help... Beautiful. Made me smile :) Thank you for sharing. Enjoy!
Hi Helen 👋 how are you doing today
Humans are designed to help: thinking, leveling, managing, tending, planting, intervening. They FIX the climate.
This has got to be the most informative CZcams about the permaculture berm and swale process. Helps soooo much to SEE project. Can't thank you enough.
Agreed!
They are so amazing for doing this! Wealth of information that's not behind some pay way and very entertaining too!
Much love guys 💕
I'm so glad you put this project all together in one video, it makes perfect sense and wow, what a success. I think Nine has an amazing life, he's so bouncy and happy.
If you reading this make sure you have subscribed, these folks are incredible and their kids are fabulous too.
Have a great day
This is such a great video! You cover it all, share the reality of the process and include fun videos of Nine-Nine and his bouncy self enjoying the puddles. I can't get over the beauty of the green grass. I really didn't realize the desert does get green part of the year. Thanks again for teaching such wonderful principles and demonstrating the results of hard work.
Swales help.
My understanding is that 150 years ago most of AZ was covered in tall grass. Kinda like the prairies of old in the Midwest. Human imbalance and lack of stewardship resulted in desertification here and around the world. Projects like this are reclaiming not just our ecosystems but our human sovereignty and ability to be true stewards. ❤
With all that hard work, you guys must be in the best shape of your lives. Congratulations for all the earth friendly considerations that you do.
If you have a open source of water, like a pond, dyke, etc. it is important to protect the surface of water from direct sunlight. Plant trees with large canopy around the rimm/edges. The larger the body of shadow from the tree is the better.
This also applies to grass and bushes. They will thrive best in the filtered sunlight coming through a tree.
I love what you're doing! We live in central AZ, the Verde Valley and I hope to use some of your ideas on my much smaller property. Water is a critical problem in Arizona, and I love the idea of setting things up to allow the water to move into the groundwater instead of running off to the river, taking all the topsoil with it. Thanks for the beautiful photography as well!
I love that you actually delivered and installed those trees. They now truly have the best chance at survival. That was really cool, so was viewing the whole project.
Incredible Family, Incredible Community, Incredible Video.
Thanks for Sharing with Everyone.
Love what you are doing. A community working together is a great unifier. It beautiful. Reminds me of the way people came together to help neighbors in the past for barn raising.
YES! Thank you! This is it! Clear and easy to follow! 🤩😆 Everyone inclined like me needs to repeat this everywhere. We can all be neighbors and have festivals again!
Hi I’m from a sunny island in the Caribbean, I now live in Florida - I remember while living in the rural area of the island I used cactus 🌵 around the property to keep out neighbors farm animals that sometimes roaming around. We did put up fence and alongside cactus which over time was the perfect fencing it kept everything out.
It’s just so beautiful out there lots of work, l can see, nevertheless, gorgeous & peaceful.
want some fun for security? plant hawthorn around all your windows. let the trees come up to level with the sill and grow out at least one meter. there's no fabric in the world a burglar can get that will stop hawthorns penetrating.
Personal experience tells me it works perfectly well. Don't ask questions... 😎
Awesome video! The chickens had a party sampling the grass seed and I fell in love with Nine. He has so much personality and just loves life. With him around you can't ever be depressed. He just makes you want to smile. You all worked so hard and got a great result. In this day and age it was wonderful to see the whole community show up to help. It renewed my faith in humanity. You are so blessed!
Just found you guys...yay! And can I tell you what impressed me almost more than all the hard work? The beautifully hand-crafted thank you cards! For some reason the effort and thought behind it really struck a chord; the world needs more people like you. Thanks for sharing! ♡
I'm soooooo happy that you guys record and share so much of your lives! You're smart and entertaining!! Thank you for all you do!
I’m gonna say thank you to your community as well. Thank you community for coming out and helping these folks who work so hard every single day them and their children and their dog. You are definitely blessed and also the guy that’s helping you measure all this I forgot his name but he is absolutely a blessing as well at anybody I don’t know about or have forgotten about blessings to all of you
Man I love what this family is doing, I enjoy watching how very happy you all are, keep it up. Blessed.
I am so amazed with what you're doing! It's beautiful and perfect! You are blessed to have such a wonderful community willing to help and work together!✌🌻
That burm and swale looks FANTASTIC.
I don't believe this video was an hour and 40 minutes long. I bought some 20-minute videos of similar DIY work that seemed much longer. So by that I mean kudos to your cinematography, photography, music and humor are done well enough it's to the level of a movie. I look forward to seeing more on your projects. As I'm very interested in rehydrating the desert soils naturally
Aww thanks :)
@@TinyShinyHome just keep doing the amazing job you are doing and you will create more than the 6 acres for your family and the earth to come.
Just BEAUTIFUL!! WELL DONE and Blessings to you your family/friends and future!
Love all the detail, not hiding the mistakes, and just the whole vibe, yall are amazing.
Excellent video, guys. Your process is clearly explained. I always enjoy seeing Nine-Nine run, jump and play. I love how you guys love him so much, and I can't wait until your hit one million subscribers so Nine-Nine can get a sibling.
Nine Nine is a hoot! I'm sure that the comedy helps put off much of the drudgery that comes your way.
Also, I’m posting a comment again to hopefully boost the analytics so Nine Nine can get a BRUDDER!!! And if you’re also a fan and are reading this, share this channel with your friends and get them to 100k followers!! 👏🏻❤️😁
For seven years I work for a nonprofit in Florida and we could have never ever accomplished what we accomplished without a massive army of volunteers. You should have people signing in or just keeping track of the number of people that were there in the hours that they worked an overtime that’ll be something you’ll be able to share and you will be amazed at how many man hours volunteers of accomplished for you
The Arizona Cypress are very easy to propagate from cuttings. Just cut some of the ends off stick them in dirt and keep them moist. Takes about 6 months to a year.
Love that giant doodle dog!Amazing video with lots of great info!So glad to see your family is still thriving and all your hard work/efforts are paying off!Thanks so much for taking us on your journey! Much love and many blessings!
Hi 👋 how are you doing
You guys did a great job in the video. Great job explaining each step. Greening desert land has been a dream for me for years. Maybe someday. Wishing you all the best out there!
I loved watching this journey! 💖💖💖 Your music choices are amazing and even on 1.25x, 1.5x, and 2x speed it still sounds great! 🎶
I'm glad to see that the berm and swale are working out well for you and I'm looking forward to the house build! 🌵🌾🪴🌱🌷With the experience you've gotten from the chicken run and the solar shed I bet your house design will be wonderful! 🌟
Views, clouds, mountains n music ALLLLLLL incredible....
I love love love when these vids include a husband & wife team, better yet the whole fam ~ 🥰 You 2 are so adorbs! Yeah, kinda like a french drain... it's all good :)
totally looking forward to a full tree update in 1 or 2 years. great project!
Congratulations,, what an inspiration. Your community was so generous with their help, and your property itself is going to give back by slowing, spreading and sinking the rainwater in a knockoff effect that will green the area and support the wildlife beyond your property and especially downslope of you.
I swear I absolutely love these videos you guys put out,
I just wanted to say Thank you for taking time to produce this
I own a small farm in Harlan County Kentucky, I know this type of work is not easy I wake every morning with aching mussels and I'm 60 years old so I understand what you deal with and still you take time to share this, Great work folks and Thanks Again. ♥
Thanks so much for the kind words :)
i like it when people come together and do this stuff for the globe
I always loved the monsoon season in Arizona. Using berms and swales are the best way to capture rain water in arid climates.
absolutely amazing. thank you guys for this video. imagine when more and more of this starts happening .well off citizens with machinery could sneak in desert areas and do quick work to hold water from flash flood events . a couple hours with a grader could hold small lake amounts of water back long enough for it to start seeping in the soil .
Thank you so much for sharing your videos with us.
My grandson and I are in the process of setting up a Nature Discovery Center and Land Conservancy in the Desert area of southern California.
We learned much from you that we will use on our projects.
I love your videos!
If I was younger I would join you!!!
We worked together to build a home ourselves with our kids years old. Our now grown children STILL stalk about that time as being the best memories of their childhood.
I'm so proud of you guys how you are doing with your family!
Keep up the good work. I love it that you are sharing your journey with all of us. I love when you pop up on my feed!!!!
Enjoy your day....you sure made mine!!
Thanks for regreening the desert hopefully it will all become green one day.
It's been raining so much. Thanks for the amazing and long post. I was expecting another rain out. I watch/listen at work and it's great. Thanks!!
This is exciting folks!!! So fortunate to find the right data and persons to pull this together ❤!!
Wow guys awesome video your group did a fantastic job of getting this done i love trees and shrubs they do so much, people do not realize what they bring to a property esp when they grow up and really take hold and provide shade as well. This will pay you back a hundred times over the years. Thanks for your hard work and ecologic knowledge to make the Earth and desert a beautiful place for all that dwells there.
I really enjoyed watching this and you did a very good job you and all the help you had is very nice of those people to help you so I will keep watching and you keep up the good work God bless
Wonderful team work. Great job 👏 👍 👌
*Excellent video your happy vibes are contagious!!* I picked up a bunch of helpful information from this as I am starting to go permaculture with my property. Something for me to share with you is when undoing the drip irrigation hose I place a large heavy rock on one end then roll it like a tire until I get to where I need to then make my cut. Do not pull to unroll because that causes dents in the hose.
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I JUST FOUND YOUR CHANNEL!
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I have ALWAYS dreamed of this lifestyle.
I fled Ca to Texas, have a lovely property with a small house. My acre is a dream project I hope to start soon.
LOVE the videos, the gorgeous landscape, the amazing thunderstorms.
Love your edits and music.
Just watched the 3 hr vid of the slab.
I'm in another zone when I watched it.
So meditating.
Helps with my grief after becoming a widower.
God bless your family and that amazing community🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤❤❤.
Thank you🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I have learned so much from you guys. Thank you.
If you did happen to dig a little pond and line it with clay you could retain some of that moisture for later, too! But the swale draining quickly isn't bad if it's refilling the underground aquifier.
Thank you! ALL stay safe
Tree branch cutting and rooting powder and starting plant pots from empty food containers and anything recycled that holds dirt
I have never seen a happier dog - I love that :-) and I love how simply you explain things and how your kids always help. Top parenting!
Nice project. Eucalyptus trees may be resistant, but are they the right choice? They drink a lot of water, and their oil impoverishes the soil surrounding them. Underground drip-irrigation (a pipe run into the ground) would reduce your water usage (less evaporation) and force plant roots to extend deeper (they'll seek moister where it is, the plants will be stronger and eventually the roots will go deep enough to require less irrigation). Good luck!
Yep in India govt has ordered them to be eradicated cause they drink up all the water and reduces the water table.
Didn’t know that about those trees. Thanks for the info.
I grew up in Australia and Eucalyptus burn very quickly and make soil acidic they quickly spread to!
Your videos are lovely and informative. Thanks for posting them. I also just wanted to say thank you for crediting the music in your videos so clearly. Really awesome of you.
That was really interesting vid to watch and I can’t wait to see more. That dog……had me laughing and rewinding to watch his antics. He is the happiest dog I have ever seen. Love your work!
Hey guys, I am from India, and today watching your vdo I felt like I should have been there with you doing all that stuff. I wish I had a piece of land like that and do the same what you did. But dreams don't come true as easy here then they come true in USA. Well best of luck for your dream project. 🎉🌵🎄🌲🌳🌴🌸🌼🌻💐🌺
I’m sure it’s not as easy in India as it is in the US, but India (and every other country!) can benefit greatly from this! Hoping and praying you get a beautiful opportunity to start something like this in India 💞
🙄 There are a lot of people in India doing this stuff.
well cool. You get bonus points for being rude 👍🏽
Can I just say you guy are too beautiful for CZcams, God bless you all. 💯❤
chippers are a pita. A lot of work for such a small pile of chips (it seems). And the forked branches, you know, the way trees grow!
I sold mine after a year. Love what you are doing, don't let the work break you.
Isn't it absolutely wonderful to play in the summer monsoon rain in the desert, I love it.
I really enjoy watching Nine Nine romping and running in the puddles and waiting for you guys to play with him. Also, I’ve noticed that he’s the same color as the dirt. How old is he? He’s still got a lot of puppy in him it looks like.
He’s two:)
Thanks for the recap, there were some things I hadn’t seen in the previous videos, and I really enjoyed it. On the part of the swale that is not working, You are correct that it’s not a problem, but it is a missed opportunity. So maybe that can be bumped up to the top of the priority list since the rainy season only comes once a year.
It's filling up all the way to the end. I think maybe we just hadn't had enough water yet to really see if it was working right yet.
@@TinyShinyHome great news!
Great video, especially the doggy breaks! I have to do a mini berm and swale, in my 1/3 acre in the middle of town. There used to be a creek in my property many decades ago (before I moved here) which the town decided to get rid of it. I was able to find where it used to be. My property has an at least 9 foot drop between the front and the back right where the creek used to be. I also know where the snow (Minnesota) sinks when it melts, around where my property ends. Digging will have to be by hand, by little old me. I already turned most of it into a wildlife habitat (certified by the Wildlife Federation). I will be looking back at other videos.
Your kids are going to have such an appreciated and respectful and knowledge-filled perspective of the land their whole lives.
😊 This is wonderful that things are working out the way you need it to and I can also see if it doesn't you will learn how to fix it. I am so proud of you guys and smile every time I see your video alert pop up. Looks like Nine is very happy as well. God Bless! ❤🧡💛💙
Oh! When you take a plant out of a pot you need to rough up the roots because the roots will keep growing in a ball unless you redirect. This is a problem because the trees will live till the first or second drought then they will die. The roots need to spread.
Pretty sure our permaculture specialist would have mentioned that if necessary ;)
@Kathryn Rodlun that is especially true when buying for a big box store. Always LIFT up the plant and check on the roots before buying the plant. If you see tightly coiled/circled roots it is best to not buy those. If you must, yes, gently tease open the roots and splay them out in a well nourished soil bed as you put them into the ground. If you see BROWN roots, when you lift the plant out of the pot, that plant is dying and so let the big box store keep their overwatered plant.
I love learning from your experience, fixin to come there and live off grid it’s so beneficial to me, thank you for documenting all of your projects, just love them all, your Alaskan Brother ❤️❤️🙏🏻
You two are true warrior's, willing to tackle prjects you have never done before.😊😊😊😊❤
Love watching your journey..
BTW... also love your music choices 🎶
And BEST pup ever!
Thank you so much 😀
Wooowww!!! Suuper cool!!! The landscape, the music, the doggies, the whole family and the community was involved, the likeability of you as a couple, great idea to send a photo for the sponsors of the trees, also very precious information etc... another lovely video!!! Congrats for the attitude and for the commitment. Many thanks for sharing and kind regards from Ireland!!! : )
Good morning and thank you a nice long video with good view of what's been going on with your water it's always very interesting
Love your show, such a beautiful happy family... Thank you so much I'm learning so much, sending much love.
Fig trees? Food! Plant food!
No, we're not planting food here yet. We're in the desert, water is at a premium. These trees, like we said, are for fire and wind break, drought tolerant, fast growing. Everything was chosen for a purpose.
Fig trees are fast growing, and the food can be eater right off the tree, or dried. If they freeze back over winter they should re-sprout in spring. My parents lived in the Verde Valley for 14 years and had good luck with brown turkey figs.
Your corner of the high desert is looking so pretty! Just lovely 🙂
Wonderful video! Thanks so much for showing us. I always wondered about sales and berms!
you two are one. love it guys. chase and catch them dreams.❤
You two are very motivational, and I would like to see what your plantings look like in five years. I am wondering if this method of containing and diverting water would assist those impacted by flooding in Pakistan. Subscribed from the UK x
It definitely can, look up videos on India permaculture and you'll see a lot of the same things. It's all about slowing the water down (not stopping it) so it has a chance to seep into the land. It's particularly effective for monsoon areas where they get a lot of rain in one season and then no rain for the rest of them. Swales really let land USE their water--and once the plants grow it's even better! People think plants suck up all the water but that just isn't true. A place with plants is going to have more water going downstream than a place without plants, because they hold the water, improve the soul so it can retain more moisture, and can even encourage it to rain by distributing pollen which can cause the moisture in the air to form around it.
Guys, we had THE BEST lightening show up here last night!! This is the best summer monsoon season we’ve had in a long time, and we’ve been loving it! 😁👏🏻❤️
This is so wonderful!! I'm also in Cochise County, AZ. 😀🙌So glad to see some other folks practicing permaculture here and regenerating the land! I appreciate what you are doing so much. Thanks for the great videos.
Omg this was sooo amazing 😊 TY
I'm learning alot from your experiences! I'm moving to Apache county near Show Low and water is key.....I want to do catchment and storage , and this system will enhance that....
And Ashley , you are just so pretty 😍!!!
Hi Tammy how are you doing today
So, if you had to do it all over, would the berm and swale be done first, then build around it?
absolutely.
I have this dream too!! I would love to see the valley (San Pedro) the way it was before the logging started. Cochise county is such a beautiful area.
I am going back to watch your journey from the beginning. I have some ideas, but I expect I am going to learn so much from watching you. Thank you for posting!
Loved this! Thank you for sharing your journey with us, looking forward to more video's.
Depending on the type of eucalyptus maybe plant them somewhere else away from food producing trees. Some/most eucalyptus trees are really thirsty and also there’s something that suppresses root growth of most other plants. Loving your work!!
The rain is life.
This is ancient techniques and modern.
The Portuguese also have had these techniques in practice for centuries.
They are masters at knowing and building and retaining thus life sustaining gift from the heavens.
It is funny to me when I hear how people who live naturally and work the land and live in this natural way are poor or with out money.
Money???? More and more as I get older this money system is becoming more and more disgusting to me.
Helping each other and the bartering system will come back when economies collapse.
Happy family guys. Love you'se
Just found your channel, love what you’ve done, thank heaven for community and neighbors, my hats off to you all for an excellent job, look forward to see this develop. Thanks for the video, stay the course your going to have an awesome property.
Almost got a 40 down there, wound up north of the rim in navajo, i used a 36inch trencher to cut a bit over a dozen trenches on contour over the last 2 years.
Working on widening them out for more water capture and started using a hf trailer backhoe to put in a bunch more swales this year. Th difference in grass and bushes between mine and other properties is very noticable when driving by.
Enjoyed watching , Enjoy your adventure.
Awesome video and it’s definitely rewarding to see how the hard work and planning turns into your Oasis!
Thank you for a very informative and entertaining video. I'm very impressed with your endless enthusiasm. Best wishes with your big family project and greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪.
So enjoyed watching this process. Beautiful