Swale defined: A water harvesting ditch on contour. Nicholas Burtner explains in detail, but stays light, on the topic of swales in permaculture. What they are, how to create them, and what they are used for in permaculture and earthworks. As a bonus, at the end of the video there is a collage of different […]
Sometimes when we start planning a food forest we can get caught up with getting things very precise. For example when I first was guided into food forestry I was taught that I “needed” to plant one nitrogen fixing tree for every 3 food bearing trees. After having great mentors and a very solid blocks […]

