Water Resilience! Micro ponds, holding basins, silt traps and more...

[@pocketknives_and_harmonicas]

You guys have the BEST gardening channel! I use and adapt so much of what you teach in my own small garden. So inspiring! Thank you

[@MrAnderskrieger]

We haven't got any rain here in Denmark for many weeks, we have kind of same climate as you. Hot and long summers days, cold and short winters days. Zone 6-7. All the corn, wheat, potato agriculture harvest this year seams to go bad to worst in my country. No fire allowed already in many regions, because every thing is dry, and high risk getting out of control. Summer only really just started here in June. And properly keep going for 2-3 mouth, and rainy season first really kicks in Okt/Nov normally. I think it calls for more permaculture/food forrest solutions, and generally a shift to more perennials food sources. Thanks for inspiring for more and betterwater capture solutions.

[@ceselb]

A little further north in Sweden, much the same story. No rain for 4 weeks. Local potatoes planted, but not above ground. Those lucky enought o live near small lakes can irrigate and are the only ones with any new potatoes almost done. All lawns have been yellow for a while already and the heatwave continues.

[@erlingpanduro5973]

Playing with water - probably the most fun any kid or adult man can have!

[@edibleacres]

It really is, in many ways, the reason I'm into all this stuff :)

[@artistlovepeace]

Your rainwater system has inspired me to do something similar in my yard. It's the third year of drought in Minnesota and I'm tired of seeding grass every year that just dies. I'm slowly learning how to save rain water, grow some of my own herbs and food. Your channel gives out great advice and shows everything you're doing. Thank you for producing and sharing. I'm taking notes.

[@edibleacres]

Hoping you build good deep resilience and interdependence with your landscape!

[@trumpetingangel]

Good planning, and good digging! I have to think more about this on my little acre. It was so soggy this winter and spring, and so dry now. It's hard to know how to plant into this! The good news is we have had a little rain, too, today. Hallelujah!

[@edibleacres]

Wonderful on the rain! YES... Wet in the winter and dry in the summer and this kind of work becomes so so critical. We need to allow drainage BUT we want to hold onto it in thoughtful places so we can pull from it and 'charge' batteries of water elsewhere!

[@davidgolnick1403]

Never disappointed with your videos. Also just want to say your voice is as calming and welcome as the gentle waves of Lake Huron. Thanks

[@virginia6158]

I like how you're husbanding your land! It's fun to watch the progress. Love your channel!

[@allonesame6467]

A Constellation of Ponds! Wonderful to have that pond water for the field down the way! That's a game changer.

[@edibleacres]

It will be very helpful for sure

[@wilderfarmstead]

We finally received a decent amount of rain today in Northeast AL! Such a dry spring. Your human scale earth works videos have inspired me for years. My default now is to start small and take the iterative approach rather than rush head long into a project. Thanks for what you do!

[@danielwoolman8969]

I have dug about 6 microponds so far and love how they attract wildlife. Tadpoles, dragonfly larvae, frogs, salamanders. I made them as a water source for my garden and orchard but they became something better.

[@MistressOnyaCox]

OMG look how fast your hair is growing 💗 sliver fox 😜

[@kissthechickensfarms]

Trying to get my homestead as amazing as yours. ive integrated many of your systemsover the years to help my homestead become more independent

[@ConscientiousOmnivore]

I love seeing your wonderful efforts, they are a great inspiration! Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@jamesmcdowell8441]

You mention that the nearby field has no well or roofline to catch water , I,m wondering if a ground cloth or tarp could suffice . One could still use a 12v water pump to transfer water into an ICB . Just a thought .

[@bradlafferty]

This walk-through was a terrific systems perspective on water flow and conservation/use. Thank you!

[@jefferyheppler7650]

Thank you for sharing! Water capture is so important and it's nice to see solutions that are achievable by hand and/or machine.

[@truthbetold2611]

Water is so precious. Your tireless effort to utilize natural resources is inspiring. Thank you.

[@edibleacres]

Thanks!

[@mattst.4699]

Much respect!

[@liracopeland8764]

That was very helpful! Thank you! May His Bountiful blessings be upon your land!!!

[@iwanabana]

So glad you're back!

[@edibleacres]

:)

[@later_daze_4080]

What have you found to be the cheapest way to get your IBC tanks?

[@briangoodwin8887]

Great content sir. I am jealous of your hair.

[@HolmesHobbies]

What a fun spot! Lots of lessons of water management

[@Celestes_Nest]

Love love love. ❤

[@joanies6778]

How do you not have a gazillion mosquitoes? We are having an inordinate amount of rain in the high plains of NE Colorado this spring. Mosquitoes galore! I have to constantly walk around and dump every inch of water sitting around and completely cover myself up. 😱 I finally managed to get one rain barrel hooked up yesterday. I barely started digging a small swale in my back yard, and what I started is having an impact because the water is not sitting on the sidewalk anymore. But it's all flat and the back end of my long lot is where my veg garden is and it's actually on higher ground. So I am trying to encircle the middle section with a swale and convert it to a permaculture berry/fruit/flower section, leaving an even smaller section for lawn.

[@edibleacres]

We have good bat life at night and there are frogs that eat a ton of larvae I think

[@sixeses]

Excellent !

[@edibleacres]

Glad you like it!

[@carlagarrett8584]

You have just done so much since you first started! Wonderfully cooleo gains and extras helping too.

[@edibleacres]

Yes! Thank you!

[@ragairboy]

Nice

[@vintagemotorcyclerepair4052]

Valuable content. Thank you!

[@edibleacres]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jt659]

You can also use your truck battery with an inverter. That's what I do when I have an IBC tote in the bed and need to refill a neighbors tank or water beds directly from the truck. Haven't had the battery drop more than 0.1 amp during the unloading of a 275gal tote, even with the truck off. J

[@edibleacres]

Neat to know!

[@terrencegibbons3351]

Great job keep Up The great work

[@edibleacres]

Thanks!

[@TheEmbrio]

Hello frog !

[@vaughan7835]

There was a genius guy in Australia, Peter Andrews, who converted his land with "leaky weirs" & "willows" to catch rainwater in the same way. There is KZbin videos about him & the system, which I highly recommend.

[@tmzumba]

So smart! I love it!

[@thenextpoetician6328]

Gotta say we're spoiled rotten for water in Quebec. It's 4 feet below grade pretty much everywhere on the farm and around the garden. It's just so much easier to pump it from the well. Anyway, rainwater is filthy dirty from chemtrails and other aerosol contaminants, and well water is filtered by the ground. There it is.

[@edibleacres]

Could be as simple as that, and I'm not trying to argue that or say rainwater is better than a well, etc., but I would suggest there is just more complexity overall. That said, glad you have ample water in the earth and easy access to it!

[@DJ-uk5mm]

Fantastic….. just what I needed

[@edibleacres]

Wonderful!

[@turtle2212]

Very informative, thanks so much!

[@travistippetts1604]

You just created a new habitat for frogs and other critters

[@edibleacres]

That is a lovely side benefit

[@Dontreallycare5]

You could have been more dramatic with the “improvements in the Earth itself” - definitely could have had more Gandalf flare to it 😂

[@Gr33nRach]

With so many water storage projects have you considered growing aquatic crops or edibles? I don't think I could sustainably grow lotus roots in the UK but I do have water mint growing in my very small container pond which is a UK native and very easy to keep happy and can be used in exactly the same way as other mints but I find the leaves softer and a gentler mint flavour that my kids love. If I had a running water set up like you guys I would have a go at water cress too. I know you were talking about rice which I have never considered growing. (Very interesting) I have a very small set up here but am successful at growing peppers, chillis, tomatoes and aubergines as well as courgettes (zucchini) carrots and herbs. But would definitely like to improve my water management.

[@edibleacres]

We are slowly adding more and more water loving plants to our system as time allows.

[@mnnomad1870]

Still looking for ways to coexist with an abundance of squirrels on my permaculture. They they seem to be on guard and as soon as the seat sprout boom it's gone. Kind of depressing when I have a thick permaculture a lot of wild/tame plant area that would make a nice area to randomly plant oh the squirrels. On the other side of my three acres there's a pretty much open area that I am thinking about making a main garden area protected by chain link fence and concentrate on that area. If I had my way though, I would have basically a zero squirrel population and a lot of firewood. I got my 8x8 chicken coop going and found 5 very nice Golden Laced Wyandotte hens on craigslist just over four months old. They're doing surprisingly well in this heatwave we're having here in the mid '90s and Minnesota ugh .

[@diyoregonnowtexas9202]

I speculate that those white water totes will get algae in the summer.

[@josephchen8159]

Hello!! I have a question for you regarding Paw Paw…I got two this spring but I am not sure if they are still alive. One sprouted with leaves but are now brown. The other one didn’t even sprout with leaves. See the pictures!

[@lauracondon5224]

Do you have info on purchase of that little pump and the solar panel to run it?

[@edibleacres]

I don't, but you can search for 800 GPH bilge pump and 100 watt solar panel. Look for used panels first!

[@frederickheard2022]

More available water and big patch of blue flag iris sounds like a win-win to me.

[@edibleacres]

I would hope so!

[@Exploregen]

do you get to borrow the hobie cat?

[@wadeschwartz6281]

Question , noticed some hoops on your beds but no row covers , what are you thoughts on row covers for cabbage etc. working well here in Pa but how long do we need to keep it on ,,Tks glad you had rain !

[@edibleacres]

We haven't used row cover before, the hoops just helped the beds stay together...

[@cannonsovercharged]

0:01 Lookin Sweet Brah! Your hair and beard are so thick and luxurious, Do you fertilize them?

[@edibleacres]

ha!