HOW TO BUILD SWALES - and harvest water

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How to build a swale is one of the most important things I have learnt while developing my food forest and studying PERMACULTURE with Geoff Lawton.
A swale is a method of harvesting water, and they work whereever you live in the world.
This is the first video of a three part series on swales. With thanks to Geoff Lawton, this first video is the "INFO" part of this series, and is pulled from Geoff's Online Permaculture Design Course (find via my website).
The second and third video in this series are here:
Part 2: Geoff visits my garden and helps start me off with planning where my swales shall be: • DESIGNING SWALES - Geo...
Part 3: I get help from my community and dig dig dig: • DIGGING SWALES FOR A F...
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@TheWeedyGarden Год назад

Studying PERMACULTURE with my teacher Geoff Lawton - The 2024 online PDC is open for students from 10th May 2024. If you go to the enrollment page using this Weedy Garden affiliate link www.discoverpermaculture.com/a/2147844655/UvHULpHp - you can also recieve a US$150 discount off the online course by writing "weedy150" in the coupon.

@deebraah88 3 года назад

A year ago my missus and I were living in the city in a townhouse trying to think of an escape, watching your videos every night, today we built our greenhouse and planted our first spring veggies on our acre block (barefoot) 😂 and built our bathtub wormfarm, with our rescue magpies . just thought I'd come back and say thanks for the motivation! We're home ❤️

@TheWeedyGarden 3 года назад

That´s the comment of the day :-)

@joegilbert9302 2 года назад

A big tv can cc cc cc by Rd r Rd jo

@Darby0642 2 года назад

We are trying very hard to achieve the same but could only afford to buy in the middle of nowhere, Queensland, Australia which make sustainability in our 40’s just a dream. But, we have 39 acres of Aussie bush covered in Australian Grass Trees, a disrupted creek that only runs when our neighbours dam overflows, a good sized dam, a really dodgy old transit bus and many adventures to have until we can finally move there permanently.

@elizabethflynn8455 2 года назад

Woohoo!!!😀 delighted for ye.

@enhancedsimplicity9708 2 года назад

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 BEAUTIFUL!!!

@Beecozz7 3 года назад

I just purchased 5 acres of gently sloping raw land. I think we will put in a swale! TY so much!

@TheWeedyGarden 3 года назад

Congrates 👍🏼🌱

@damien6333 4 месяца назад

Your video editor deserves a raise dude

@kigenzaaimepatrick4647 3 года назад

I was listen to something on RU-vid while driving, then this video popped up next, I had to park to actually watch it. Thank you for all the masterpieces.

@TheWeedyGarden 3 года назад

That´s awesome. Nice one :-)

@roccofiori3028 3 года назад

very nuanced and important distinction: a swale is dead flat, ie parallel to contour. a ditch is not on contour, it has gradient along it's length. a swale holds water on the land, a ditch drains water from the land. be like geoff and build proper swales. ;)

@GOLDSMITHEXILE 3 года назад

is their any possible connection between a swale and terraces? Is it the case that they would ideally follow the contour lines on a map?

@TheRestedOne 2 года назад

@@GOLDSMITHEXILE A terrace is essentially a more drastic (and expensive) water-management solution that an earthen dam couldn't functionally achieve. In the States, artificial swales are usually called wascobs (water and sediment control basins) by engineers. There are other solutions like buffer strips or tile drainage that also resolve water issues.

@homermtz Год назад

So ditches drains and swales swim. Got it! Thanks

@wade5941 3 года назад

Not sure why I clicked the video, but can't stop watching.

@TheWeedyGarden 3 года назад

Your not sure? Did u search for something?

@flash_flood_area 3 года назад

Thank you! My son has been encouraging me to create swales in my low desert yard, and this gives me greater understanding of where to start, and why.

@etiennelouw9244 2 года назад

I am digging a small swale in my suburban garden to catch water from my gutters and I have planted 3 trees to help. In the back yard I am digging a 2nd swale to do the same, but I use bio soap in my washing machine that will discharge into the swale as well. Getting into this is very important as over here in Cape Town, South Africa we almost ran out of water 2 years ago.

@TheWeedyGarden 2 года назад

Same here in this area. 😅

@hgcollective 2 года назад

Brilliant work

@wakeupsheepleNWOREAL 3 года назад

I could listen to this man all day long, not get tired of his voice or lesson. Great info! Thank you for sharing kind sirs!

@TheWeedyGarden 3 года назад

🖍 🙏

@blakelafevers9243 2 года назад

If only we could hear him

@wakeupsheepleNWOREAL 2 года назад

@@blakelafevers9243 where are you? Try closing your browser then reopen the video.

@blakelafevers9243 2 года назад

@@wakeupsheepleNWOREAL I meant that his voice is quite than the music, and the whole video is much quieter than most RU-vid videos.

@MyClarissa21 3 года назад

Your lessons are so much needed. You ARE changing the world through education . Your lesson are amazing! So many questions finally answered !

@grahammanning9305 3 года назад

That was brilliant. It was good of Geoff to let you use his video. Really shows the value of swales in re-establishing trees back into an environment. He really knows his stuff!

@jasonr6782 2 года назад

if u haven't already, watch Geoff's Greening the Desert project. It will blow mind your mind and really showcases the power of Permaculture

@JustineDodd 3 года назад

I love Geoff's lessons... I've been absorbing them for a few years now, and I find him so easy to understand. You are also very easy to spend time learning from in your Weedy Garden, so thank you for the inspiration! I'm just starting to plan out my second fruit forest in 3 years - I did the same thing just a few years ago, carving out channels and swales in the landscape and planting about 40 tropical fruit and nut trees, many were quite rare and unusual. Everything was ticking along nicely in the garden, then, one November day in 2019, things got rather hot... only a few trees survived. I moved. Now I am planning a totally different temperate fruit forest, preparing the land, digging swales by hand, planting cover-crops, potting fruit trees in preparation... This video was an excellent refresher for me ~ it sparked all sorts of ideas and I learned so much. Cheers

@jungoogie 2 года назад

I think Geoff talks on this point about growing pioneer trees and transitioning into fruit trees. Pioneer trees grow to provide shade and help develop the soil and prepare it for future plants, and fruit trees are introduced later with the protection cover that the pioneer trees give until they are established and not as vulnerable to the sun and droughts. Once the fruit trees are established, the pioneer trees are removed over time to allow the other trees more space to grow. Remember a forest has various levels to it. From the ground floor plants, to shrubs, up to vines and canopy trees.

@ddddddd490 3 года назад

The day I saw your first video, I knew you will be going this route.. it's your calling..permaculture is the way ahead.. wish you more power in your journey.

@kmw4359 3 года назад

There are some videos on YT about swales near Tucson, Arizona, USA ... one by Geoff. :) The cool thing is they were built a long time ago under FDR and were never maintained, but they are still giving life to that desert area.

@sonarun 2 года назад

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@hilaorganics9280 2 года назад

Amazing! Thank you for sharing.

@justpatty7328 3 года назад

Such a valuable video! Love Geoff's teaching style. Swales are like- a one dig and then fertilizing everything in the path. You cannot beat that.

@permalifestylehelen2879 3 года назад

So grateful that you are sharing permaculture! You are an artist and your beautiful way of presenting awakens and awes. So exciting!

@Go-zi1py 2 года назад

I grew up on a large commercial farm in the piedmont region in the southern USA, all our farms had terraces with grass waterway in front of them that fed into irrigation ponds. This greatly reduced erosion and encouraged deep water infiltration. This along with contour tillage (when a crop needed it because almost everything now is planted no-till to reduce erosion and cut fuel cost), no-till planting and subsoil deep tillage to allow rainwater penetration have been standards of agriculture since the 1960's. (Subsoiling is when a 18 - 24 inch deep slit is pulled through the soil but no soil is turned over or moved.)

@originallizzah 2 года назад

Thanks so much for this! After the last two scorching hot dry years, our local soil went from rich to almost baked-clay consistency in many areas. The trees are all getting sick, as well. I have several trees on my property I adore (under tons of stress from changes in yearly precipitation and temps, and showing this stress) and the concerns about revitalizing the soil and creating proper drainage, moisture levels and nutrient has become my main 'at home project'. It's been breaking my heart to watch the number of trees being removed in my area due to drought induced weakness to disease/fungus. I think we lost about half of the large trees on my block last summer, or the neighbors just gave up and had them removed. Education like this is so helpful and I really appreciate it! Now I have some new ideas and a better understanding of how to reinvigorate the soil and protect our trees from the extreme lack of rainwater in recent years. You are awesome!

@mariannebarber4817 2 года назад

Amazing, thank you both for showing people how we can assist mother earth to recover 🙏❤ much love

@knuckledraggingneanderthal720 3 года назад

I have gravel deposits on my property from the Wisconsin Glacier that act like a sponge. The gravel recharges with water from winter snow and spring rain and slowly releases the water during a dry summer. The trees grow really well up on that hill.

@TheWeedyGarden 3 года назад

👌 perfect

@Padraigp 7 месяцев назад

Nice I didnt think gravel was much good for holding water! Is the rock of the gravel a very porous rock? My garden is very gravelly and dried out a lot.

@knuckledraggingneanderthal720 7 месяцев назад

@@Padraigp I had gravel soil in my vegetable garden. It was great I could plow the ground when it was wet and if the sun came out later, I would disc and plant because it would dry out. The gravel in my woodlot is not to near the surface and the tree shade and organic material keep the sun from drying the gravel

@Padraigp 7 месяцев назад

@knuckledraggingneanderthal720 ah mine had gravel but also quite thick clay and then rocks and sort of sandy ...it dries out really quickly in summer buts it's soggy as hell in winter. I have very little actual soil hummus..

@Padraigp 7 месяцев назад

@@knuckledraggingneanderthal720 or houmus? Not the chickpea thing lol!

@onagoodday5557 7 месяцев назад

This is exactly the info I needed for my new block of land. Thank you so much

@teresajeffrey6165 Год назад

Most important teaching, taught in a way a child could understand. You and your good friend have much in common. Thanks to you both.

@planterbanter 3 года назад

How fascinating... thoroughly enjoyed this video. It amazes me how techniques such as these aren’t used more!

@robertdoupe4142 2 года назад

Geoff is doing great work. I have learned so much from him. Plant the water and you will succeed.

@beansprout1308 3 года назад

Thanks I loved your lesson on swales and how impotant they are to help the earth and provide perfect systems for trees and plants to flourish. I live near a swampy area but gets very dry in winter so we dig 8 foot deep hole and bang a sand spear in . And use a small pump to water every thing ...i can smell the nutrient water and the plants are fed to perfection . 🤣👏🤣❣

@gabrielleheard6366 3 года назад

Wow, I watched the second one first, more wowed watching the first one now... People have got to do this all over the world... This will go towards saving the planet. Thanks so much for your knowledge, explanation, and illustration...

@toddshook1765 3 месяца назад

I have been hearing about swales and decided to look more into it. Found lots of info but listening to Geoff was great. Thanks for sharing.

@veganfiji8850 Год назад

Each time I see your videos, I just want to jump into them, its beautiful

@davelillie1090 3 года назад

A year already? thank you for your channel I enjoyed your first one , and been here ever since!

@derrick1759 2 года назад

One of the best explanations I have ever watched, great explanation of the system and the benefits.

@patjoyce7247 3 года назад

There's a popular place in the Lake District, Cumbria, UK called Swaledale, I think I might know why now. Very informative. Thanks for sharing.

@vtrandal Год назад

Fantastic. Here’s what I’ve learned at 8:00 minutes into the video. A swale is a landscape feature that creates ponding along a slope or grade, and thus directs water into the ground for the purpose of growing trees.

@downundervlogs 3 года назад

Geoff Lawton has an excellent,detailed and magnificent way of teaching and i can really understand what he is teaching especially through the visual illustrations as he talks. You both have such a great auro about you's.

@teresajeffrey6165 Год назад

Agreed.

@shoshannatate1214 3 года назад

Is it possible for you o raise the VOLUME on these videos. This info is CRUCIAL FOR THE LIKES OF ME AND TO HAVE TO STAINS to hear every word is time consuming. I am fully cogisent that I need to watch your videos again and again to be able to absorb all that we are being give and then to try to utilise it but the LOW VOLUME just detracts from my concentration . THANKS A MILLION FOR ALLLLLL YOUR PREVIOUS videos which have not ONLY been entertaining. BUT too have been educational, which really is the point of all your hard work. Many, many thanks 👩‍🌾😊🌹

@rickemmet1104 2 года назад

Great video David, nice that Geoff allowed you to use his class lecture. This is absolutely the first step in setting up a food forest in an arid region, it seems, and awesome to see the results. The most amazing thing about Geoff is that when he took classes from Bill Mollison, he was a skeptic. I guess getting out there and trying the methods Bill taught was a revelation for him.

@lawntofoodforest 3 года назад

I’ll be continuing my backyard swale dig this weekend.

@zitarabek9484 3 года назад

We just "discovered" you and are now watching your videos back-to-back every evening. There is so much to learn and we absolutely adore the way you teach; your photos and videos are quirky, creative masterpieces. Never forgetting the smallest of critters, your attention to detail is jam packed with the most adorable sense of humor (those sound effects...:) we love your kindness and connection to mother earth 🌎 and most of all, we see a man, whose inner child is very much intact! You are changing the world in an endearing, playful manner! You deserve a nobel peace prize! Joy and Love and Light from Cape Town.

@TheWeedyGarden 3 года назад

07.10 am. I just woke up, and read this comment. I must say Zita that your comment has started my day on the perfect tune 💚 probably the nicest, bestest thing written so far on my channel. Thank YOU SO MUCH for sharing it. You have made my day. 😃🪱💚🎥🎃🙏

@WayneCarolan 3 года назад

Two legends doing legendary things in such a biblical way. Love from Ireland.

@TheWeedyGarden 3 года назад

Awesome. Thanks :-)

@El_Croc 3 года назад

Thanks to both you and Geoff.

@jaicymelisse5532 2 года назад

Yes Geoff Lawton! I have been studying as well my friend and it gives me such joy to see someone with the artistic talent of filmography, such as yourself, who truly captures the magnificence of it all! Thank you so much for your inspiration 🥰

@KevalKharadi 3 года назад

Just when i start to miss you, you come up with a new video... You are an awesome Madala...💐💐💐

@onemuslim9313 3 года назад

Please upload often I am going through clinical depression your videos help me alot thanks

@TheWeedyGarden 3 года назад

No pressure 😳 😆💚👍🏼 I try

@vshakir622 5 месяцев назад

@onemuslim9313 sending love and prayers your way.

@gabrielhickman3908 3 года назад

I love your works of art. Happy your videos crossed my eye sight

@dickwouters4219 3 года назад

your stuff is brilliant mate, please keep doing what you're doing.

@frenchweewee4444 3 года назад

It really is!

@frenchweewee4444 3 года назад

So happy to see you bck! I clicked on so quick in anticipation of the next adventure of the Weedy garden. This was so informative. This gardening thing is a continuous learning experience. Always looking forward to the next one!

@fcres5845 2 года назад

Thankyou for your kind words

@mandandi 2 года назад

Great presentation and excellent content. I am starting the permaculture journey - started watching RU-vid videos last month. After seeking the advice of the Ministry of Agric on rainwater harvesting, I was pleasantly surprised that they offered free assessment of farmland for rainwater harvesting potential. I hope their recommendations will be useful and can be used with permaculture techniques. I am excited about this journey. My farm has been unused forever. Its time that changed.

@TheVigilantStewards 3 года назад

I look forward to seeing the Weedy Swale! I want to see how you do it on your farm... but I always like watching that video from Geoff again

@B30pt87 2 года назад

Good on you for learning about permaculture! Like you, I got into it online, & now I'm going to do an online course from Oregon State. It has really expanded my understanding of what's possible.

@ainelawless1396 2 года назад

Beautiful Dave thank you. So easy to listen to Geoff. Rains plenty here in the west of Ireland

@ericburge9198 3 года назад

This is great Weedy Man! I've wondered what you've been up to for so long with no videos. While I can't do a swale in a city garden it's nice to learn new things. Thanks for sharing your journey and thank Geoff for allowing you to share a bit of his course with us. Looking forward to the next videos.

@solmedia131 11 месяцев назад

A masterpiece of self growth. A visual feast. I love the sound design truly makes it.. So worth the effort.. Love it so much..

@TheWeedyGarden 11 месяцев назад

Thank you kindly!

@solmedia131 11 месяцев назад

This comment was meant for your 40 Min movie exert released today.. Somehow ended up here.. Random.. They are all great just the same... 👌

@TheWeedyGarden 11 месяцев назад

@@solmedia131 lol. I had a feeling. This one isn’t that epic 😁

@a32719 2 года назад

Watching from Scotland , love your inspirational videos just finding it hard to replicate in our cold climate but still trying 🤗

@TheWeedyGarden 2 года назад

Yes. It’s a bit different 🤨

@incorectulpolitic 2 года назад

@@TheWeedyGarden regarding the trees that can be planted in both sides of the swells. Can they be fruit trees or does that affect the water absorbtion since they might absorb more water?

@evandorco5193 2 года назад

Outstanding this video was amazing in every way possible deserves over a million views ASAP

@paulbraga4460 3 года назад

this is one of the best presentations i have seen on swales to include those that Lawton himself has presented haha - simple and direct

@jeromej9768 2 года назад

Swales are my new fav thing

@deannaattai9097 Год назад

I finally understand swales! What a clear video, thank you!

@h3llnite 2 года назад

I am on a sloped 1/2 acre block and have been trying to figure out what to do to slow the water flow, but still utilise the rain water. My biggest swale will be at the top of my main yard. I have certain native trees already planted, which I planted to provide the block some stability over time. I will be able to construct my swales over time, to ensure these trees and future trees will benefit from the deeper water intake. The soil quality has gradually been improving with the use of mulch over the past few years. I’ve managed to acquire some native ground covers and even strawberry plants, which are now planted near a slop near my house, so I can monitor their spread. I’m so excited to have begun this journey! One corner of the yard is being made into a frog habitat.

@TheWeedyGarden 2 года назад

🐸🐸

@chadsshow2010 3 года назад

Hi Weedy Gardener. I remember working on a swale at college. We had to take care of it, clean it up, and maintain the mound. It was fun. At the University, I helped in a hawaiian garden. Glad for the experience working in a garden. So relaxing.

@girlscribe2845 2 года назад

I can't decide if I like best your voice, your kind soul, your poetic writing or the instructions that originally were the reason I clicked on this video. You are a beautiful human!

@TheWeedyGarden 2 года назад

Perhaps it’s the combination 😁

@girlscribe2845 2 года назад

@@TheWeedyGarden I did not know there was more to you than swales and gardens. Now that I have seen your photographs and your little film about who you are (and who we are,) all is clear. I stand by the original assessment but to a factor of zillion. It is indeed the combination! Permaculture of the soul as a being in time!

@TheWeedyGarden 2 года назад

@@girlscribe2845 First comment I read today. It’s a good day. All day. Thankyou 💙

@girlscribe2845 2 года назад

@@TheWeedyGarden Lots of joy back at you and your family from across the sea.

@lilithkitsune7152 2 года назад

I think I'll always be a city person, but I still think learning about shit like this is important. Helps you learn to be more in touch with nature and hopefully less destructive overall. Ty for the video

@kolapyellow7631 3 года назад

Great idea to saturate the soil bring nutrients to soil and trees. Very useful information. I will add swales when I have a farm. For now I grow food in pots in my shoebox size space.

@TheWeedyGarden 3 года назад

Gotta start small 👍🏼

@LaciWilliams7810 Год назад

Love everything your doing I’m trying to do the same but with a smaller bit of land (much smaller 😊) but very wet here in Bedlington England so I’m trying everything to stop my garden getting water logged and save water for dryer days if we ever get any ❤

@NashvilleMonkey1000 3 года назад

Our garden is on a slope, so we dig deep trenches for garden beds, fill them with organic matter, then rebuild the dirt around them to guide the water to their centerline from the pathway just above, technically making swales, but only having to build them one piece at a time in the size of a garden bed, making each section immediately usable.

@Scott3387 3 года назад

Often people in Geoff's situation (eco hippy) babble on about mystical forces and the like but he is just talking hard geography and makes a lot of scientific sense. It's very refreshing and clearly the guy understands what he is talking about.

@akcorbel 3 года назад

I hear ya buddy! I listened to this one Irish hippie in YT talk about permaculture in her land and she kept calling it “goddess permaculture”. Nothing wrong with being in touch with your land but for those of us that are technical it’s a fast turn off.

@mariemiller1734 4 месяца назад

Excellent video, as someone thinking about how to maximise rainfall on very dry and sandy soil this was most helpful. Thanks so much, you are very inspiring.

@fCLEF007 3 года назад

i wanted to sort of do swales last year, but I hurt my knee, not that I knew much about swales except they were a good thing, but I know more now! My soil is heavy clay with big granite rocks, so it's going to be a very difficult and extremely small scale ... and they will have to be retro-fitted swales to fruit trees already there. But at least I know now to do them above the trees on the higher side of the slope, lol ! :D

@AhJodie 2 года назад

This is a beautiful and loaded with valuable information video..Thank you very much.

@TheWeedyGarden 2 года назад

👍

@louisegogel7973 2 года назад

Thank you so much for this teaching about swales! Thank you to Geoff for letting you use his lesson in here!!! 💦💙🌿💚🌳💦🍀💙

@GiveitaGrow 3 года назад

IMPORTANT NOTE: In urban settings, call (411 in the U.S.) before you dig to mark any buried wires or gas lines!

@TheWeedyGarden 3 года назад

In most cases, digging a garden swale for a food forest does not mean taking off more than six inches of top soil, giving you a foot high swale, which is fine and wide enough for a wheel barrow. Most cables, mains, drains, telephone, power ect are much deeper down (two or three feet or so), so unless you are digging a massive swale in a desert, or a pond attached to your swale, it is no more than a spade deep.

@GiveitaGrow 3 года назад

@@TheWeedyGarden Not in my garden, the gas line is about 6 inches down and the cable is above the surface in some spots.

@TheWeedyGarden 3 года назад

@@GiveitaGrow really? And council know that? Pretty seriously shallow for a main gas line. Then it IS good advice to make sure you know what is anywhere if you dig in a garden, hammer posts in the ground ect 😳

@jackminh2002 2 года назад

Thank you for your knowledge, your wisdom. It helps in building foundations In permaculture before going to next level in university.

@petercurtis9297 3 года назад

Fascinating, I'm going to try and workout how I can make this happen on my allotment. Thanks

@jeromeclaessen3921 3 года назад

Your voice is extremely relaxing. Thank you for the education. Never stop being awesome.

@nickthegardener.1120 Год назад

I have an ancient forest near me and there are swales in the forest, I always wondered what they were, now I know! All the forest soil washes in the bottom of them when it rains, I collected some to start JMS. 👍

@PeepalBaba-Givemetrees 3 года назад

Wonderful. Nice and easy

@SONZY12BONZY 2 года назад

Gosh you’re inspiring! Manifesting this beautiful way of life as my reality in 2022 🙌

@hara3435 4 месяца назад

Thankyou, am caretaking a few olive groves in cyprus. Dry olive grove so will start Swaling ❤ and putting in Bigger trees. Where the land has collapsed Onto another level then another level below , prickly Thorn and wild olive are growing... The 3rd level finishes at an old reeded Dry riverbed its like a jungle. The soil on the lover level Seems very sandy and hard Clay. Only smaller thorny bushes Grow down there. Have found wild sage & Mandrake growing on upper levels and mastic bushes. The dam is about 4km away. I am so excited to do this. ❤

@robevans2114 Год назад

Brilliant and captivating. Thank you

@samuelpdmckinlay2927 3 года назад

Perfect insight into the world of gardening the right way.. great stuff need more videos 👨‍🌾👩‍🌾

@IS-217 3 года назад

Thank you very much for this David (and Geoff) Great information. I learned a lot from this. Cheers!

@vIBEDoUT-Channel 3 года назад

Happy Earth Day ☮

@sarah_farm 8 месяцев назад

I love this upload since you included the behind-the-scenes of your hard work! And it's an honor to have you visit our channel, we can discuss more about our experiences in harvesting and building farms.

@willsgarden6740 3 года назад

I have been trying to use vetiver basically as a swale, its a great alternative that serves the same purpose.

@joanrossington6932 3 года назад

Beautiful photography.

@Enhancedlies 2 года назад

you are an inspiration mate, really fantastic. And totally unique. Thanks for all of this!

@SeanLarkan 3 года назад

Great video & creatively introduced! Very clever filming! Also some invaluable info. Thanks!

@Princess-Um 2 года назад

Your cinematography at the beginning of this video is OUTstanding!

@TheWeedyGarden 2 года назад

Thanks. I gather you have also seen some of the other episodes. This episode ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-o1nwFxMMFyE.html you will also like I think 🙃🐨

@donutcarrotall3258 2 года назад

You had me at the first 30 seconds.... thats what lifes about... man I miss the countryside

@NoemieOrtiz 2 года назад

Thanks. For this very informative video, clearly this man talks confidently out of wisdom & experience .Excellent 👏 Amen !🙏❤🙏😊

@sandorkovacs9271 2 года назад

OK, Now this is mindblowing. i am utterly grateful for sharing this with us, this will have a major importance later in my life. bless Geoff. bless you.

@TheWeedyGarden 2 года назад

🙏🏻👍

@willd2156 3 года назад

That was so very informative, Thank you for making such incredible videos. Peace and love.

@DomDollx 2 года назад

Oh i love this! thank you for a rejuvinating video, so in tune with permaculture. Wishing you the very best on this journey and looking forward to more videos. Love that you're taking classes from Geoff Lawton!

@kolapyellow7631 3 года назад

Love the bamboo wall.

@gardenboydon 3 года назад

You are doing something special with this channel! This is an incredible video

@christoering8139 2 года назад

Thankyou and bless....inspires myself.and others.... fascinating journey and magic production ...

@JTRBeats Месяц назад

Sorry I’ve watched this video about 3-4 times and keep forgetting to ‘like’ the video… and I’m sure some others, but no doubt I’ll be watching again and again!

@chuxmix65 Год назад

Also called a tile in some places. In those areas a swale is the outwash from the tile. In a natural environment the outwash from a swale is a slough. There are many other permutations... This gentleman has a decent understanding of water management. Serious farmers have an intimate relationship with water and their land.

@patrickcallahan2210 2 года назад

First video of yours I have seen, beautiful camera work! So calming and it fits your voice so well!

@lawsonone6015 8 месяцев назад

Excellent video! Excellent teacher!

@SecrePeach 3 года назад

Thank you for bring such an interesting video today my friend, I’m looking forward to seeing your design come to life. It saddens me that we are all governed by narrow minded politicians! In a world where climate change and its catastrophic effects are reeking havoc I wonder why people like Geoff are not the driving force of governments? I have no formal education in horticulture, agriculture, climate, pollutions or conservation but it doesn’t take Einstein to see the huge benefits and the on going positive ripple effects for Mother Earth and in turn wildlife and humanity!