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World Domination Gardening 3-DVD set Trailer



http://richsoil.com/wdg We did a kickstarter a couple years ago and it was funded! So, now we are selling the DVDs.

This project started with video from a three day workshop. The workshop coverered the earthworks for building a pond without a liner, a swale, and a hugelkultur bed on a terrace. Then we added more footage by doing the same workshop over again in a colder climate.

A year later, we returned to the first workshop site and added even more footage! We even had an evaluation by the Crown Prince of Permaculture, Geoff Lawton.

At the high point of the property, water is rushing in whenever it rains. This water is cutting a deep channel through the property. The idea is that we would like to capture this water and use it to create an oasis! Of course, water coming off of a road will probably contain some heavy metals and petroleum residue. So we need to clean the water first. A pond is dug so that the heavy metals will sink to the bottom of the pond, and gross stuff that floats (like oil) will be caught by the vegetation. We then do some minor re-shaping to the road so the water will enter the pond.

Several ideas are mapped out about where to put in some swales. The land owner would eventually like a natural swimming pool, so we decide to put a finger on the pond to route the water to the natural swimming pool. And just in case we get an exceptionally heavy rain event, we extend the finger to a swale. The swale is designed to soak the excess water into the land. We demonstrate the use of laser levels to make sure our finger runs downhill and the swale is level.

Now we talk about food production. This location gets frost in the winter and can be really hot in the summer. A lot of the surrounding area looks very desert like. We decide to make a hugelkultur bed shaped into a sun scoop. And the angle of the slope is optimized to the level of the sun in winter. We also talk about how swales are excellent at creating frost pockets which works to your advantage in the summer. What type of wood and different variations for hugelkultur are covered. A terrace is constructed to hold the hugelkultur bed.

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  4. VentionMGTOW

    Awesome! Can't wait to get my DVD's! By the way I bought them with my bitcoin debit card. Bitcoins are being rolled farther into the conventional economy every day and as more and more connections are made the value of the network increases. I do all my online shopping with bitcoin, except when I have to go through paypal. In that case I have to use my bitcoin debit card. Too bad really since bitcoin transmits all the value to the recipient (except for the 2 cent minor fee) but with the visa network, you paid, hmm, let's see, about a dollar seventy five for their middleman services, and what is it that paypal charges? Something like 50 cents? Not being a merchant there I'm not sure of that.
    Anyway, love all your stuff, love your podcasts too. Met a couple ants when I visited. Saw the double sun scoop for the lemon tree. Saw the wofati awesomeness too. Amazing!
    If bitcoins do what I think they'll do over the next few years I might very well retire early and become a wandering mechanic for Permaculture settlements and communities. That would be an enormous amount of fun. Permaculture and fixing machinery! That's my perfect life.

  6. karl Mehler

    Paul, you have just been given REIKI healing energy. It is with the intention that it serve your highest good. Your body will accept the healing at an unconscious level. However if you or someone who knows you sees this comment, then I humbly ask that you find a moment of stillness as best you can and say out loud " i welcome Reiki into this moment " and then just breathe and surrender to peace. With all the love that I am, and all the light I can hold, let this be so. Your friend, Karl.

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