Thanks for your comment! We'd be happy to provide some design consulting if you'd like help with your property. As far as the media lunas - we didn't come up with that name, they are commonly referred to as that in the erosion control world, not sure where it came from. Just search for "media luna erosion control" and you'll find plenty about 'em!

If you are not planting in the ground and there is a risk of the roots freezing, the trees are bundled together and placed into pots which can be mulched around, or placed into holes/trenches in the ground and covered with loose soil and mulch.

The “cameraman” was likely just as involved in the design and implementation of the project as the “narrator”.

Given that this is in California, they likely didn’t irrigate the cover crops much or at all, only the trees and bushes that are part of the food forest, which is why it seems so patchy. In the original video, they said they sowed cover crops under the straw. Most of this will be at the desire/whim of the owner, not the designer of the earthworks. The “other video” is linked in the description. This is an earthworks channel, the answers to your other questions are not their line of expertise, look elsewhere for the permaculture reasoning. This was an earthworks project for a client who wanted to build a permaculture food forest, the fact that they gave a bunch of info about what the client did with respect to the permaculture part of the equation is just bonus content.

I would love to see it, too!

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Hi Barry, Thank you for your kinds words, we're glad the videos have been helpful. Definitely didn't learn any of this in college - just self study for what we're passionate about - namely healing fractured landscapes and restoring them to healthy hydrological function to whatever degree is feasible in this case. For the springs, we have used the pre-cast springbox sold by Carolina Water Tanks: www.carolinawatertank.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=SB For the collection wall, you can buy them pre-made and drilled, but I would encourage you to cut your own from a potable quality HDPE 55 gallon drum - the middle 14 or so inches will make you a 72" long by 14" high collection wall, much cheaper than purchasing one pre-drilled and cut, and also you'll have more options, as no two spring set ups are alike. If you need a barrage/collection wall longer than 72", we've used bamboo rhizome barrier in the past to good effect: lewisbamboo.com/products/bamboo-barrier-100-36 As far as the silk, I might have mispoke on that - I'm not exactly sure what I may have referred to, but we do use geotextile fabric to wrap various parts of the collection system - from an entire 55 gallon drum "sump" type collection system, to just the intake pipes themselves. It is also very useful in capping the spring heads to keep finer material from entering the collection/filter package. Depending on how much you need, something simple like this might do: www.homedepot.com/p/BECKETT-6-ft-x-12-ft-Underlayment-for-Pond-Liners-UL612HD/100001948 or you can get much larger quantities like this: www.siltmanagementsupplies.com/geotex-matting-8-oz-sz-15-x-300-non-woven.html I hope that helps - if you have any other questions feel free to reach out - I've recently moved to Tennessee and am now operating under the name Sovereign Homestead Design - [email protected] if you have further questions. Wes is still running 7th Gen on the west coast. Cheers!

This video was shot in the Santa Cruz mountains of CA - zone 8b/9a if I recall correctly? However, for me one of the primary reasons I like to use the air pruning beds is to set seeds out so they get to stratify naturally - just as if they'd fallen in nature. So all the nuts, fruits etc I'll sow them in late fall or after their harvest time, and then they'll germinate right on time in the spring. Just keep 'em protected from squirrels or other critters that would love to dig them up!

Hi Brock, I'm not sure where exactly you are in KY, but half of the 7th Gen team (me, Casey) is now located in eastern TN - about an hour north of Chattanooga - so I'm not so far from you if you are looking for in-person help. Just did another spring in Black Mountain, NC last week - you can find the video for that one one my new KZbin Channel here: www.youtube.com/@thesovereignhomestead and/or you can reach out to me at www.TheSovereignHomestead.com. Wes is still CA-based and generally fields all of the west coast inquiries regarding springs, and I take midwest and east coast. Please drop a line and let me know if I can help in any way!

@@7thGenerationDesign great. I went to your website and put in a request for contact. I am right off of I 75 by Mount Vernon. Lots of caves under all the properties out there. Would love to have you guys come out. Looking forward to being contacted by you.

Hi again Barry, we don't have any purification videos ourselves, but I would recommend looking into a slow-sand charcoal filtration system. DIY instructions for systems of various sizes are available for free from Aqueous Solutions: www.aqsolutions.org/charcoal-biochar-water-treatment/ . These systems are easy to DIY and don't involve expensive or irreplaceable components - perfect for low-tech yet very effective off-grid water filtration/purification system.

Hi Hans, yes sir, we've got a bunch of playlists that categorize both our videos and other ones by topic - here's the one on air pruning in general (with some of Dr. Whitcomb's science in there, as well as the air pruning bed walkthrough videos) :kzbin.info/aero/PLJy8-1MQvUQw5phlrLVYiwrUbLZTjxKyD TN has definitely been a mixed bag, highs and lows to it. We're getting ready to move from our first place as it has been surrounded by fields onto which biosolids have been dumped - we've basically been living in a porta-potty for the past 3 months, and we're pretty done with it :/ But we'll keep our heads up! My new KZbin Channel and website are here if you want to follow those - same deal, with playlists that I'm always adding to organized by topic: www.youtube.com/@thesovereignhomestead I hope you are doing well and in good health! Cheers!

No, the tap root is merely dormant. Because the root tip is effectively dehydrated when it hits air, it goes dormant. Once planted out, new apical buds will sprout from the dormant root tips and resume growing. This is one of the reasons air pruning is so helpful specifically for tap-rooted species - it just presses pause on the tap root, but doesn't stunt it as would a slick walled plastic pot. Cheers!

Yes, they are perforated.