In this episode from www.theweedygarden.com I explain what a swale is and how they benefit the garden by slowing down the water and holding onto nutrition in the soil under my fruit trees. It`s permaculture inspired and totally organic up here on the hill – far away from any town and even further from a city.
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THANK YOU
Weedy
See the Swales series in these three videos:
https://youtu.be/Rz6i5I42JmM – part one
https://youtu.be/I5OU7LG9Cl8 – part two
https://youtu.be/6zM8wBbR4RQ – part three
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46 Comments
Thank you Weedy!❤
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Enjoyed the video, but shouldn't it be COLLECTING water, not harvesting?
Nice cheeky cubensis 😂😂
I needed a Weedy video! I have got the spring fever. It has been so nice here. Everyone says snow on Monday. 😢 We are supposed to have a big emergence of cicada this summer. Thanks Weedy!
I would love to see a contour map of your beautiful garden. You’re awesome dude I can’t ever wait for the next video.
Lookin good dude
I dream of gardening in a warm part of the world. Someday. Zone 2b Canada
Swale of a time, with the perma gang. 🎉
Thankyou Weedy. Beautifully explained
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A big hug from the forests of Brazil. Here we have a master who works the soil just like you. His name is Ernest Goetsch. Swiss by birth and Brazilian at heart. I suggest you research your work with syntropic agriculture. Health and peace to all.
I love your videos, so much awesome fun knowledge organic to learn and thank you for sharing, God Blessed you ✨
I love your videos so much! Have you tried planting vetiver grass on the edges of your swales? Very deep roots, great for stabilizing sloped land, wonderful chop and drop plant, and you can even harvest the roots to make an essential oil that's supposed to help with focus. Good for zones 9a through 10b. Looking forward to your next video! Love from Florida ❤️☀️
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The garden is going gang busters weedy! Well done
I can’t wait to own a property like that down the road ❤. Thank you for walking us around your beautiful property.
I like the part where you run around with your arms outstretched! Great vid Weedy "smarter than a bush turkey"
Nice little gold top their😊… happy growing brotha🙂
You’re such a sweetheart Weedy, one of life’s innocents 😊 I love how you look after your patch of the planet & everything living on it 👌
Great video as always ❤
You are so blessed to have some brother in soil that have the same vision of permaculture.Your videos are always a refreshing & full of good knowledge thank you sir! New Zealand seems to be e real paradise in term of bio diversity .Keep weeding our souls! cheers!
Where do you get the dwarf mango and support tree from?
I've been doing "chop and drop" since you mentioned it in one of your earlier videos. Thankyou. 😀
It's a joy watching your videos. Thank you
Tack!
your video's are in a leauge of their own man! so consistent too!
I think you would have been better to snake your drainage, so it takes longer for water to get from A to B. Not have areas that can get waterlogged. More soil would need to be moved with what i am saying, and longer recovery time, but long term it would be better.
How do you keep the paths clear?
You have awesome friends!
How to you like that Flow bee hive?
Thanks weedy god bless you. Remember Jesus loves you
Beautiful ❤❤
Loved the quick cut at the 🍄 bit
Looks remote where you are. Can you get a pizza delivery to your front door? 😂
Hey Weedy, what area does your lot have??
Beautiful video again mate! I love the tour so far…cant wait for the next episode
Can we make swales to already established trees ( if the contour is correct)?
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Way to go Weedy!
Do you need to do anything to maintain the swales? I'd imagine after a few years they might fill in and stop doing their job
God bless you my brother 🙏🌍I have learned a lot from your quality videos my dying wish is to visit your garden 🪴 sitting under a shaded tree feeling that energy that would bring tears to my eyes 🌳
I can tell you enjoy those shroomies😂
Roc it weedy ☯️👣🎸
I bet you get plenty of cubes growing from those cow patties in the swales 🍄
Nice little cubensis there friend 😉 Love the gardens and the videos! Love from Canada!
3:31 is that straight camera flow or CGI?
and I'm up here in the "warm subarctic" (more specifically, roughly 54°N, 122°W) with half a mind to plant a hedgerow of seabuckthorn and Osage-orange (Maclura pomifera)..