Best Practices for Swales
This Q&A is pulled from a collection of questions posed to me by students of my Online Permaculture Design course (PDC). Learn more with my free four-part Masterclass series, here: https://ift.tt/320h1zf Question: Will you please reiterate swale best practices here? While there are circumstances which would change things what is the "rule of thumb" for how deep and wide to make them? How far apart to space them, and how to plan ahead for eventual downslope saturation? Will the bottom swale always eventually transform into a wet terrace? Support us in making more films by: ► Signing up to our newsletter and the Permaculture Circle—my curated collection of 100+ free videos: https://ift.tt/2NqAHJw ► Liking us on Facebook: https://ift.tt/325pnWf ► Following us on Instagram: https://ift.tt/2lR0Aj8 ► Subscribing to our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL_r1ELEvAuN0peKUxI0Umw/?sub_confirmation=1 About Geoff: Geoff is a world-renowned permaculture consultant, designer, and teacher. He has established permaculture demonstration sites that function as education centers in all the world’s extreme climates — information on the success of these systems is networked through the Permaculture Research Institute and the https://ift.tt/1gwnYNf website. About Permaculture: Permaculture (https://ift.tt/LDov31) integrates land, resources, people and the environment through mutually beneficial synergies – imitating the no waste, closed loop systems seen in diverse natural systems. Permaculture applies holistic solutions that are applicable in rural and urban contexts and at any scale. It is a multidisciplinary toolbox including agriculture, water harvesting and hydrology, energy, natural building, forestry, waste management, animal systems, aquaculture, appropriate technology, economics, and community development. #permaculture #swales #waterharvesting
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