I already watched all the best videos it seems ....let's watch again!
@ParkrosePermaculture3 жыл бұрын
Yes! Love, this Brad! I always try to explain to folks that my rain garden is essentially a huge rain barrel in the ground, but it takes less work, and efficiently soaks up sooooooo much more water than I could possibly hold in rain barrels - AND it's full of beautiful food for pollinators.
@davidcobble20503 ай бұрын
Water in tanks starts getting funky pretty fast...
@patblack22913 жыл бұрын
Holds more water, passively grows trees, and costs less than a cistern too! Here's hoping Tucson breaks its monsoon precipitation record!
@crazydaverocks Жыл бұрын
Dude, I love what you're doing. I've done similar in various parts of Australia. Awesome stuff and so rewarding. If I'm ever in your part of the world I'll stop by and check out what you're up to. ✌️❤️🎶 Dave
@simongilchrist3329 Жыл бұрын
For our gardens and orchards we need IBC bins and rain barrels but we also plan to utilize something much like this. Our back acre was commercially farmed for a few years. As such it is depleted, dry, and grows only tough, scraggly weeds. Water just drains right through it. Something like this could be a game changer.
@iwanabana Жыл бұрын
check out Craig Sponholz for some erosion control tips!
@dorksplorer Жыл бұрын
I let my tumbleweed grow for a while before chopping lower. Adding that organic matter in big chunks keeps it from blowing away, shades the soil a bit, traps sediment. It builds soil over a few years and you start getting "better" weeds. 🕊️
@dorksplorer Жыл бұрын
Plus, letting them grow bigger makes a bigger root, which when it dies and decomposes creates a terrific air and water pathway. 🕊️
@ProfessionalPepper3 жыл бұрын
Slow it, sink it, spread it!
@ncooty2 жыл бұрын
Immense respect for you, Brad. Thank you enormously for your commitment, ideas, persistence, and fabulous books.
3 жыл бұрын
Your work is very important!
@lucybecker8 Жыл бұрын
Las Vegas should hire you to desibn some permaculture into the city. If only they had done this to mitigate flooding.
3 жыл бұрын
AND the water is cleaner!
@bobbilynngibson3023 жыл бұрын
Thank you. ⚘
@ZE308AC Жыл бұрын
Thank you ❤😊💓
@mattjewell21123 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing very informative.
@susisipos7908 ай бұрын
This is inspirational. How can I find which plants will live as living sponges in a northern environment (Michigan)?
@GrammaWilli Жыл бұрын
Wonderful thinking ❤
@jamdiversified96983 жыл бұрын
So good!
@dataguys21922 жыл бұрын
Great work!!! Keep it up!!!
@soulshadoww55 Жыл бұрын
Hi Brad, I hear your radio interview on WETA/WAMU in Washington, D.C. the other day. However, I missed most of the interview and was wondering if you will be posting it anywhere on your website? I tried to find it on the radio's archive but I couldn't locate it. The small part that I did hear was pretty interesting. I'd love to be able to hear the entire interview.
@HarvestingRainwater Жыл бұрын
See link below www.harvestingrainwater.com/media/interviews/
@jcsotom2 жыл бұрын
Nice job! Thanks for sharing. Could you name a few plant species to see if they grow close to the Sonora Desert in Mexico?
@RegenerativeMojave2 жыл бұрын
He's in the Sonora. Plant things like palo verde, mesquite, opuntia, anderson wolfberry, bladderpod, Ocotillo, yucca, and agaves.
@neil20433 жыл бұрын
Sick mustache too yo.
@kornukopia99822 жыл бұрын
WOW!
@michaelsorensen75672 жыл бұрын
I will argue the terminology of "capacity", because that's more how much it holds, and this system doesn't hold all the water. As you said, it seeps into the ground and is evaporated by the plants. I'm sure a tank with holes all through it would be able to go a long while without overflowing too. Point of fact, you can't use the water in the bio sponge. It's benefiting your water table, your local climate, all of that, fine, but it's not actually reserving water for later use, like you would on a tank, so I feel the comparison isn't very logical.
@nova-kane3 жыл бұрын
What if your area the run off that comes into your basin is all muddy from hillsides and such? Iv sent you a message on instagram before 🙂✋
@HarvestingRainwater3 жыл бұрын
Try to start closer to the top of your watershed if possible
@nova-kane3 жыл бұрын
@@HarvestingRainwater thanks brad, still reading vol 1 i have a steep bushy hillside i will deff take your advise & put it to use