Transforming a Slope into an Orchard on our Homestead // All About Swales & Starting to Dig!

Hello there! This last weekend we broke ground for a big, dreamy project to transform an empty slope on our land near the house, into a fruit orchard! We are so excited to have started the process. Come along to learn more about permaculture swales & our process implementing them in this project:)

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Thanks for watching and see you again soon!
All the best,
Calla & Jon

Mentioned in this video:    / @discoverpermaculture  

00:00 Nature Intro
02:02 Breaking Ground with our Friend
03:12 Who we are/Project Introduction
06:17 What is a Swale?
11:14 Digging 1st Swale
15:04 Overflow
16:02 Smoothing out the Swale
18:53 The Next Day
19:24 Making Markers from Canas on our Land
23:11 Using an A-frame to Mark on Contour
27:35 Starting to Dig 2nd Swale
29:24 Uniform Width of Swales
30:49 Closing with Calla & Jon
31:13 Nature Outro