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Swales in the forest garden: From 3

There are a number of variations on Swales used to refine the basic design. One possibility is to make Swalen slightly sloping, 1-4% [1] to bring water from wet areas to humid areas, as we have done in Putt Myra Forest Garden to smooth the water supply between different areas, see image nedan. […]

Swales in the forest garden: From 1

There are some techniques that are strongly associated with Permaculture. Swales, as the Swedish possibly called for severing ditches, is one of these. One of Europe's most renowned permakulturlärare and writers, Patrick Whitefield, recently published a post on his blog, in which he argued that swales are overestimated in a climate that Britain. His point was […]