Dryland rain gardens harvest all water from burst water line!

[@jungoogie]

Brad Lancaster, you're a beautiful person.

[@terrywereb7639]

Any community that has regulations against water harvesting and storage needs to have a change in its officials! Rain falling on a rooftop should not be sent down the storm sewers. It should be put into the ground via garden irrigation.

[@itsjustmetomc4848]

I only wish that the whole state of Arizona here will use this concept to fix our environment

[@cleoxo2566]

They need to be doing this in many other states as well, but Arizona has a great chance to lead the rest of the country. We definitely need more people like Brad.

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

Australia could use a lot of this to

[@musicissomuchfunpiano3327]

Sarah desert here needs this also.

[@noeraldinkabam]

You are the state. Onlycomme ting on some random youtube channel is gonna get you nowhere. Start in your street and keep going; talk to people, build things and get politicians involved or become one yourself.

[@ORIGINALCRESTED]

I moved from Los Angeles to Tucson so that I can green the desert. My girlfriends dad has a three acre oasis full of... Palo Verde, Mesquite, Saguaro, Ocotillo, tons of creosote. My goal is to acquire 40 acres of land and do a permaculture thingy.

[@HarvestingRainwater]

UPDATE: This summer of 2022 we got good rains and the passive water-harvesting system at the Tumamoc Gardens worked wonderfully! As planned, all the basins filled multiple times. At least a 0.5-inch (13-mm) intense rain event (intense enough to generate runoff), is needed to get runoff flow to enter the Gardens from the old culvert upstream of the site. A 1-inch (25-mm) or greater rain event typically fills all the basins. Unfortunately the planting of the Garden with vegetation is on hold as Ben Wilder is no longer director of the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill (Ben was spearheading the garden project). Some trees were planted just before Ben's departure, and after this video was shot, and they are doing very well. But we are awaiting the hiring of a new director to proceed with the rest of the garden design and plantings.

[@TS-jm7jm]

sorry to hear about that delay, do you have any updates

[@unbreakableldorado7723]

Brad, you deserve so much more attention. Please never stop, we will slowly get there..

[@brentstafford6289]

Every city in the west SHOULD LEARN FROM THIS MAN AND IMPLEMENT EVERYTHING HE KNOWS !

[@tnsw166]

Loking forward to the rainfall and seeing how the area transforms

[@ORIGINALCRESTED]

The birds really like your projects.

[@TheEmbrio]

Well this is perfect visualization situation, thanks for rushing over there to show all of us !!

[@mwashie]

Smart man!

[@elissagreene9929]

I've implemented your teachings into my own yard and have seen a great difference.

[@gergc4871]

Can't wait to see how it works during a rainstorm.

[@devdeuce93]

Amazing stuff. Not enough views

[@Dreadnyah]

It's going to be awesome to watch how that system progress's over time. 😃 It is said by Geoff Lawton that once the sytem is established (approx' 7 years), fresh water springs will appear downhill, now that would be epic to see - Loving your slow walk arounds so a longer video would be awesome - Thanks for sharing

[@ProfessionalPepper]

Create, observe, adjust, enjoy!

[@rwg727]

that's great that when the pipe broke all that water went to good use!

[@joemc111]

Must of been a big water line break.

[@levelsender6394]

Congratulations, i'm Hugo Monteiro, water resources engineer at brazil and your structures are amazing! Very important and effective! Congratulations again.

[@ForgottenLore]

Your work is very interesting from an ecological perspective. It is astounding at how poorly utilised water is in environments that need it most.

[@iwanabana]

Do we have an update from this area? Take care and cheers from Germany!

[@biodivers5294]

Nice to hear the bird’s appreciation 👌

[@claireskrine4837]

I had mosquitoes developing in a puddle on a chair on a balcony in cold old London town - nature finds a way, glad these will drain in time.

[@gm2407]

Looking forward to seeing it with vegitation.

[@ourrockydreamontheelephant4188]

In the process of do this type of design, really hard to see if what I'm doing is right. Till now, thank you for your time and knowledge. Your practices are how lower income people can afford cheap land and put sweat equity into it to gain true wealth. Thanks again.

[@ncooty]

If you're interested in how to do this stuff, his 2 books are EXCELLENT. They are the best, most practical guides for dryland permaculture I've ever read.

[@patblack2291]

I hadn't heard the term 'piping' used with rock structures. Thanks for that!

[@charlesward8196]

Looks like the house could use some rain water barrels, I know one thing at a time. Nice job. Flash flooding is a sign of landscape scale water mis-management, when there is more “soakage” there is less need for “drainage.”

[@CharlesGann1]

This is amazing project Brad. Using native plants to restore this area is a definite show of your and others accumulated knowledge and wisdom. Thank you for continuing to inspire others in these projects.

[@Garage23]

I wish i saw this before we got these rainy days. This is motivating me to redig my garden beds and better their structure for better rain catching. Arizona needs more people like you 🙏🏻

[@falbro]

This was really cool. I liked seeing the picture of the idea, and the real thing. It was like boom, made it happen. I can't wait to see it with plants and stuff!!

[@gyagy7895]

You make me feel like i can acheive anything (like total rehydration of gnarly landscapes!!)... - amazing stuff Brad!!! Keep biologically pumping along mate!!

[@RVBadlands2015]

It’s nice to see this in practice.

[@Good_Sir92]

I want updates yearly please. This is great and keep up the great work sir.

[@hermes3883]

I can't wait for the video when you plant vegetation

[@growabundant]

What luck to get a perfectly sized water break! Thanks for jumping on it and doing this excellent educational video. 😎

[@JTNZ333]

Great stuff! Cannot wait to see this 🤝🏻

[@pauloscri5489]

Unfortunately I can't read the white letters against the background

[@mlindsay527]

Can’t wait to see this progress!

[@RVBadlands2015]

Great job.

[@pushingoffthefence]

Can you please do an update vlog on this project? I would love to see the progress.

[@jamesfreddys]

Should be awesome this monsoon.

[@courtneyheron1561]

Great work! Thank you Brad! 🙏😊❤️

[@tsilver3204]

I would be interested in a video of each Swale system that you design, as well as updates 🧡

[@cleonawallace376]

Great video! I live in Italy where we are increasingly getting rain in the form of a 'water bomb' as they call it here. We have heavy clay soil so much runs off. I did my PDC, but water harvesting is really the area I am having the most trouble being able to envision, so I am saving up for your books!

[@ncooty]

Really nice. Hope we get to see the plantings progress. LOVE your books. :)

[@davidr2842]

What I have been looking for. Well explained. Have a 1 acre blank canvas in Australia. Higher rainfall, but can experience severe drought cycles. A lot flatter though

[@TheNightwalker247]

Good luck with your project

[@l0gic23]

If you post videos of your project let us know

[@brucejensen3081]

You probably need to just take some dirt from the high points and put it in the low points, so the water zig zags across you land when draining, instead of going straight off. Increase life in soil and don't let the soil be exposed to the sun.

[@stephenantonicelli7069]

I need to take a nap. You have very relaxing voice..:-)

[@grumbeard]

Been loving your channel for a while now. Love your ideas. Here in the Netherlands we are increasingly getting more periodes of draught but. A good idea to adept my garden.

[@futurecaredesign]

Amazing. Its great to go on a guided tour with you. I feel mentored!

[@TheVigilantStewards]

Love the presentation and techniques, these look like they could be used as water harvesting in any climate! Is that right? Could I use your books in the Caribbean?

[@RErikWeigand]

Your sediment traps are probably also capturing "Flour Gold" you may want to consider panning that material every few years or so. Great progress

[@twigandroot]

this is one of the most exciting videos I've watched in a while! I love the work you've been doing. Thanks for sharing

[@gregorybiggs2068]

Excellent job!! I'd like to see ALL of Tucson and Arizona to follow suite!!

[@valenfuture]

Great work and excellent video! Thanks for sharing your knowledge in a way that it is useful for others and not merely entertaining to watch. Of course, this is also quite entertaining. Bravo

[@BlightStorm]

Genius ideal to coherence the water into basins uphill before reaching the overflow, especially for lower down in the system 👌🍄🌳

[@iwanabana]

Cant wait to see when plants are there!

[@ParkrosePermaculture]

Love how you used this an an opportunity to improve your design even more!

[@claireskrine4837]

Very clear explanation of a very interesting project. Glad the algorithm suggested it! Looking forward to seeing how the area develops.

[@aldas3831]

Loved this!

[@dorotheadiallo5790]

great video, everything makes so much sense. Thank you!

[@allonesame6467]

Fascinating and Essential work/play. Thank you!

[@brandonsmith3060]

Awesome info as always! Just knocked out a 55 acre spread in Virgin UT using your methods again. The first rain this weekend was handled very well the land owner said…Now we wait for flood season to see how the rest does in the spring of 2023!

[@l0gic23]

Would love to see video of the journey. Let us known if you post any

[@dawnharkness5389]

Great video! More people need to see this. Thanks for making it. It was so helpful to see the contrast of the flow of the water against the drier sand around it. I hope you are making a video of the process of building this water harvesting system. Would love to see it from start to finish.

[@Joelwilly57]

Thank you for this.

[@mishrr]

Appreciate your effort Brad from India.

[@definitelyevan3974]

I wonder what would happen if you “overseeded” thousands of native seeds on that property? Native seeds that have a long soil storage. Mesquite, paloverde,iron wood etc. stored in the soil waiting for that perfect amount of rain to start. Every bare spot

[@definitelyevan3974]

You could sow them during the dry season

[@NathL-fr]

Thank you! So interesting to see the test in live 👍

[@tsilver3204]

Did you design the whole system's depth around the request for no mosquitoes?

[@ParkerMcClelland]

Nice stone work. Would love to see an update on this garden!

[@researchbear3960]

I AM SO IMPRESSED with your engineering tricks... so beautiful to see this. working!!!! keep up the great work... so much i can learn from ya'll... much love and blessings!!!! buying your book.

[@jaredhill8721]

Buying a lazer level to make sure your berm is high enough or your spillway is low enough might be a good idea.

[@David-oe1xj]

gr8 work

[@helenkurukulasuriya7634]

what does it look like now? would be curiius to see it with the planting

[@ariadnepyanfar1048]

This makes me so happy too.

[@nickaa121212]

Been a fan for years. Cool video.

[@devonolsen1331]

I think I was today years old when I figured out you have a KZbin channel😂

[@OwnerBuildersUnite]

Swales! Love it...

[@Adnancorner]

I think you should plant some mesquite trees or perhaps desert moringa (Moringa peregrina - grows very well in Saudi desert and grow pretty big) this moringa is different species than moringa we commonly know. If you can find the seeds of this moringa so perhaps that would be good option as there are no spines like in mesquite. it will surely create a lot of shade to increase the diversity.

[@tsilver3204]

This is awesome, I've never seen swales so close together 💚 it's unique and well done, also the areas for plants, very nice.

[@gilgoofthegrove5072]

I LOVE THIS!

[@kenhunt5153]

Well done. I would a visit to your neighborhood in Dunbar-Springs in Tucson. Thanks for your work.

[@heliosign]

Great project. Thank you!

[@Dancinitup]

I am up here in the phoenix area and I wish this was happening more here

[@Tri_mindset_experience]

Incredible Brad! I love your work and the collabs with Andrew Millison. My colleagues and I are working on a rather HUGE project would like to have a chat when/if you get the time :)

[@funnywolffarm]

I know this is an old video, but how often (or if) you prescribe your clients to harvest the silt out of catchments to increase capacity and to use the matter around plants? Thanks for the video!

[@joansmith3492]

would love to see how this garden looks now

[@Mi_tomate]

Can u show the before and after results of having the water infiltrate? With water traditionally not seeping into the ground, i assume there should be a drastic amount of vegetation popping up.

[@ragairboy]

Nice

[@BlightStorm]

I like the diversity of accidentally having the planting terraces too high or too low. It gives different soil conditions that can be ideal for working with plants with different water tolerances.

[@allseezen3336]

very nice

[@jorgecarmona8246]

I will love your help I have 160 acres near Williams AZ and no water 😢

[@MargaretheRitzdorf]

Hi, from Namibia. Thanks for the great video!! Which tool are you using to measure the elevation?

[@illusiym-Force]

So the Swales are loosing a lot of water 💦 into the ground. The protection by vegetation must still be planted?

[@desertqwest]

Love it! Nice work. Wish I could work with you on these projects

[@HarvestingRainwater]

If in Tucson, volunteer with our Neighborhood Foresters projects dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/

[@xikano8573]

"Happy little accidents." -Bob Ross Hey, wait - are the downspouts directing water down to the basins or are they connected to a cistern somewhere? We may want to consider adding a fresh coat of paint and a re-roof to the budget while we're at it... =P

[@xerxespamplemousse6622]

Serious questions: Where did the water go previously that you are capturing now? What effects does retaining this water for your use have on the areas that no longer receive that water (i.e., downstream from you)? Does the water that you capture return to the local environment or evaporate and blow out of the natural drainage basin?

[@rajeshrawal1681]

what to do if farm pond of 1 acre big and 6 meters deep is not holding water and all water gets seeped in aquifer underground? it's dug by your inspiration at Karnataka India. monsoon water comes and fills half depth of pond several times during monsoon but all water seeps in acquifer we do not have surface water at the end of monsoon

[@dannyleonidas4328]

How does the water go into the higher rock terraced areas?

[@zeke5027]

Great vid, need an update !

[@OperationDarkside]

Here a few thoughts and please correct me if it already exists: Problem: This way of dryland gardening needs to be formalized in a mathemetical/computational sense. Applying these methods by manual measurement and drawing on paper is way too time and cost prohibitive for large scale application. Although it may not like it to some, this is expert/professional work. I have no knowledge about hourly rates or amount of practicing professionals, but I assume the first to be high and the second to be low. For example, I would guess, that making a map for an area of a typical suburb would take months, if not years. Proposal: We are humans, so the answer should be tooling. A software based method, that can be fed with terrain info from various sources, like a 3D laser scan for smaller areas and/or satelite data. The latter can even look through vegetation and can guess about geology. I don't see the problem with writing the software (you could collaborate with someone like NVidia to use their AI for a bit green PR), but in validation. Measuring plant growth and aquifer levels takes time and resources. But it lowers the barrier of entry when you present a software tool to a government, company department or wealthy individual. Especially when the software has the ability to respect property and work around it. This is often a major concern for government projects, since they can't easily alter private property. There's already a game in the works, whose topic is re-greening deserted land, but in a more reduced scope.

[@YulkGhuit]

Is there a follow up video of this at Tumamoc Resilience Garden?

[@Somewhere-In-AZ]

Brad, wouldn’t a rainstorm impact this area very different from a waterline break? Rain hits everywhere, rather than just coming from one direction. Just very curious. I’m on a sloped hillside trying to figure out how to least impact environment while benefiting what native vegetation that exists. I did create swales and planted ocotillos and other native spiney things years ago, but nothing thrives here. The soil is very rocky with little clay. Clay, particularly expansive clay, is better for absorbing moisture and holding it long enough to allow roots to upload moisture. Is that correct?

[@TheNightwalker247]

I i think i might be able to answere the first question. This setup is made to catch water coming from the culvert under the road. So less to catch the rain on the area the structures are on but rather flood water coming trough the culvert from the other side of the road. The spill probably also happenend on the other side of the road. If i understood the video correctly it should be a good simulation of a flood event.