Permaculture Rainwater Harvesting Compilation 2024

[@_MikeJon_]

The moment I realized I'm watching an hour video about a dude filming the ground and point at puddles 😂 but hell yeah man. You're definitely making that landscape come alive. So awesome!

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Gotta catch every drop! 😎✌🏾

[@skizztrizz4453]

Me too 😂

[@michaelbodin7109]

@@GrowTreeOrganics Did you after about one year see changes in vegetation???

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

@michaelbodin7109 yes! Lots More grass popping up and going to seed! But it's really winter, so we'll see next year how much new growth comes up!✌🏾

[@michaelbodin7109]

@@GrowTreeOrganics Nice to hear. Keep working. Greetings from Germany

[@stevesavage8784]

The smell after the rain, especially at high elevation with that fresh ozone smell is just amazing.

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

It really is! Super nice!😅✌🏾

[@smokeyhoodoo]

Petrichor. That's its name

[@stevesavage8784]

@@smokeyhoodoo TIL a new word.

[@abrighterday508]

Man, I love the energy in the atmosphere that comes before a storm..thanks for filming that

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Gets me excited!😅✌🏾

[@runninggag]

Just gotta love a desert person going crazy over some rain. Keep collecting that water 👍

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

That's the plan! Thanks!😅✌🏾

[@yas4435]

Brandon❤️!! Holy Rainbursts!! Nice rain harvest and with you every step of the way…. Keep up the exciting work!!!❤❤

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Appreciate the love and support! It's all about the little victories! 🙏🏾✌🏾

[@gbizzle4355]

I wish I could muster 10% of your positive energy and attitude. I find your outlook inspirational, keep making this world a better place!

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

I appreciate that! Thank you very much!✌🏾

[@deb2475]

Smile looks sincere. After all the work. Good job. Stepping in the right direction.

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Thank you very much!✌🏾

[@StaYUTI420]

The pitter-patter of the rain coming down is just magical.

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Very relaxing for sure!✌🏾

[@donsambol]

During the 1970's, I lived in Sierra Vista for 6 years. My absolutely most memorable experience was to go running after a rainstorm. The smell was incredibly intoxicating and I still tell people about it whenever I can. The only comparison is the early morning smell of high mountains.

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

That’s a great memory! The smell of rain never gets old!✌🏾

[@alexthompson2564]

Petrichor is the name of that smell! Really strange phenomenon: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrichor

[@Pam501]

Hi from the UK, watching your earthworks fill and refill with rain has made a Saturday evening here a real learning curve - though we do get our fair share of rain here, but on a more regular basis! Keep this inspiring project coming, it will guide others who would like to also beginning greening the desert!

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Awesome, really appreciate the support!✌🏾

[@loricrane5315]

When you change the earth slowly it will slowly have time to adjust.❤

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Exactly!✌🏾

[@pawkie2]

You have made so much progress...removing rocks for puddles is something I would never have thought of...

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Thank you, multipurpose functioning is what we're after! We want to try and be efficient!😅✌🏾

[@dmjsvandal]

Wow! That was a TON of water. The reason I mentioned adding hardwood/lump charcoal to the larger catchments on the other vid - if it's lightly buried you basically create a near-surface aquifer that absorbs/locks in nutrient and creates microbe/fungal habitat. The air pockets in the eventual biochar then adds a kind of capacitance effect. Basically it soaks up and locks water locall before it permeates futher down and sideways into the water table. I've heard also that junipers are fairly water intensive and compete aggressively with other native brush/trees. I think like other conifers the needles contain terpenes and other allelopathic properties. Maybe selective replacement with other trees and an a source of charcoal/burm materials onsite Excited to see the greening up from the rain and the next improvements : ) Thanks!

[@Mr_Jamin007]

Definitely adding a lot of biochar across the site would help more grass grow, creating more carbon to enrich the soil. Helping it hold even more water.

[@a_fellow_homesteader]

We will be doing many “amending” projects in future. Including biochar. We have the big project to finish first. We have a different view of the junipers. They play a pivotal role in the existing ecosystem here. Shade, bio mass, as well as under and around them is where much of our vegetation grows. Also, pine trees, fruit trees ect ect suck up way more water than the junipers. But over time slowly will be replaced with other trees.

[@Mr_Jamin007]

@@a_fellow_homesteader the junipers are native, ain't they?

[@a_fellow_homesteader]

@@Mr_Jamin007 I suppose it depends on your definition of native. To us, yes. Some of these trees are 3-500 years old. And dead ones that are even older. Ooooold old trees. They were around when there were lots of pine and grow throughout the Rockies into Canada. In our area due to human need of lumber and forest fires and slow climatic change making it hotter, there are few pines. Creating a monoculture of junipers. The junipers have been labeled as invasive. (To us, they are simply resilient in crap conditions) As well as called water suckers, when they use much less water than many many trees. So “technical” labeling they are considered invasive and not native. Apologies for long answer 😅✌🏾💜

[@Mr_Jamin007]

@@a_fellow_homesteader yeah they are native to my neck of the woods, the UK. So the oldest ones would probably have been planted by settler. Probably best to gradually replace them with native pines and fruit trees.

[@easeyourmind7570]

You are an inspiration brother never stop doing what your doing 👌

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Thank you, really appreciate your support!✌🏾

[@michaeldieringer565]

Great episode! I am really looking forward to seeing the desert getting green! 😊

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Coming soon! 😅✌🏾

[@pauljbolduc]

Congratulations looks like all your hard work is paying off

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Definitely is and will be!✌🏾

[@AlanW]

2:18 Now those are some serious White Fluffy Clouds

[@stolearovigor281]

The natural ones

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Very!😅✌🏾

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Right!?😅✌🏾

[@winstonsmiths2449]

Dude, I am not going to lie. When I saw you I immediately thought, great another hippie being one with the earth. But your enthusiasm, sincerity and smile says you are just a good dude, a good human being. Your attitude is infectious. I subbed. I like watching these transformations. I loved it when you zoomed on the itty bitty plant sprouting up between the rocks. That spoke volumes.

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

I get that a lot, but I've never labeled myself as such, nor do I associate with that label because I am my own person. What we're doing here is what feels right, but also learning to work more with nature is the direction we all could be striving for and it doesn't have to be labeled, it can just be... the way to live!✌🏾

[@winstonsmiths2449]

@@GrowTreeOrganics Yes, that describes hippies to a T!

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

@winstonsmiths2449 naturally... we're not apposed to technology, but we're creating our landscape according to Permaculture principals and concepts... we're working in a similar fashion as our ancestors, which I guess is what people are associating with as being a hippie. I thought hippies preached about nature and loving each other, but then didn't work and expected to be just handed stuff.. virtue signaling is the word for that I think and I'm definitely 💯 not virtue signaling to anybody, I preach what I practice... not trying to argue or convince you of anything just wanted to state my side of thinking on the matter, so I appreciate the dialog with you!✌🏾

[@SamsLiberty]

Excellent Earthworks! Looking good!

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Appreciate you stopping by!🙏🏾

[@cyphercracker]

Missed the water collection uploads

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Right!? Hopefully we'll have more throughout the winter!✌🏾

[@cyphercracker]

@@GrowTreeOrganicsi use to watch another Guy and his dog living in your area collecting Water But he stopped but he stopped that type of content. Is so satisfying seing the results even if it takes years

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

@@cyphercracker oh Brian! He's got his priorities and I've got mine. The foresight into the future and imagining the effect of our causes is definitely cause for satisfaction!😅✌🏾

[@marcelj.9033]

First German comment under this video. Keep it up!👍🏻

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Awesome! Thank you!✌🏾

[@cptcosmo]

I love your Bonsai Christmas tree plants... I would be growing them too if I were your neighbor.

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

We'll be planting those soon enough! Then they won't be bonsai soon after!😅✌🏾

[@chipwellington1179]

I wanted to get a atmospheric water generator too

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Oh those "Source" panels? They're pretty much dehumidifiers....I looked at the statistics on those and when you do the calculations, for cost, installation, etc.... you're pretty much better off getting a solar set up and a nice dehumidifier for a home or a greenhouse. Those will pull way more water than those panels and be way more cost effective to buy the set up for it as apposed to buying those source panels... just my thoughts and opinion, don't let me discourage your own decisions!✌🏾

[@chipwellington1179]

@GrowTreeOrganics there's big machine ones this one guy Moses West made one with solar panels built in for flint Michigan those are like 100k. Idk how successful it would be supplying the power with solar panels for say one that is like 10k. Thats price range i was looking at I think i did the math and for a pasture of 40 acres I needed some like 90 gallons a day? I forget but these 10k ones are supposed to do a little above what I needed. Because the wells there in north az are like 1000ft and they limit the water etc. etc

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Interesting, something to investigate!✌🏾🤔

[@CQuinnLady]

Loved hearing the coyotes n dogs howling i the background

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

All the sounds of nature!😅✌🏾

[@sb1ism]

What you guys are doing is so cool and interesting, I pray you get all the water you need. 🙏 🤠

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Thanks! 🙏🏽 We need all the rain we can get in this desert!😅✌🏾

[@ronnisimmons9992]

I've just been waiting for some rain!!!!! Lookin' good

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Same here!😅 thanks!✌🏾

[@trevormorgan3946]

I like the videos really cool to see what youre doing. I would love to see as your working on your projects how it looks before you do it and then videos of you doing it and then the finished project.

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

I'll probably have to put together another compilation of that. I have older videos showing what you're asking! But I'll be sure to keep that in mind to!✌🏾

[@Angelbach1995]

I LOVE AZ monsoons.

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

It was a great experience to go through!✌🏾

[@pascalkuipers8099]

Nice long video thanks

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Glad you liked it! Thank you!✌🏾

[@CaseyKidwell]

You may want to plant some salex willows around your BDA's they are native to the area and would help with reinforcing rhe dams

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Yea definitely, thanks! We'll be planting lots come late winter into spring!✌🏾

[@asteria4279]

52:00 looks like a good location for a new swail! 😂

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Oh yes, plenty more earthworks to do according to the plans and observations!✌🏾

[@markus_selloi]

sadly just already watched all the water videos.. Looking forward to seeing new rain on your property!

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

You and me both!✌🏾

[@hirokawiti4932]

For the algorithm bro, keep shining 😅✌️

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Appreciate you, we'll keep on!😅✌🏾

[@jeffreyc9183]

Nicely done!

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Thanks, I appreciate it! ✌🏾

[@OfftoShambala]

The big straw land is my favorite… they act as low points… you could go with the straw flow when you plant out. Like when you make squiggle and looping scribbles and color in each area each color in the big box of crayons.

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Exactly 💯 make the process fun!😅✌🏾

[@stevesavage8784]

You should try changing to metric measurements for rainfall, its so easy, 1mm of rainfall gives you 1 litre of water per square metre. An inch of water is how many gallons per square yard? No one knows.

[@stevesavage8784]

Guys breaking out their slide rules to figure this out.......

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Yea I'll have to learn more to be able to list measurements in that way too!😅✌🏾

[@doubleleterlady]

Thats 6 gallons per square yard. If you grow up in the measurement system it’s easy. ❤❤❤

[@stevesavage8784]

@@doubleleterlady Hmm, but that took a month for anyone to figure that out!

[@kylarichardson7823]

This must be so satisfying for you!

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Definitely is! And plenty more to do!😅✌🏾

[@margaretjohnson4413]

Hi from the UK. I have been interested in managing water from the opposite end of the rainfall table. Living close to the Penines we get our fair share of water to deal with. My garden is also lower than the others around it because of the lay of the Land. One spot in particular I turned into a pond as the Roses always drowned in it. Traditional lawn and border did not work well on the property. I also capture water from roof gutters to use for watering plants in dry weather and for seedlings in spring. I am interested to know what you do about rain capture at the highest end of your property. Capturing some rainfall at the top end may help the property retain more moisture underground. I have watched many greening project documentaries and know that some techniques work in many situations but not in others. Your swales and ditches seem to be doing a good job. You have put in a lot of work. It must be very pleasing to see the water capture plans really working.

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Definitely a lot more still in the plans! There are water catchment points at the higher point of our property all the way down to the lowest. Everything is still in the works, but thank you very much! Much appreciated!✌🏾

[@LA...022]

Great channel👍 I was just wondering did the cover crop🌱 ever sprout

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Thank you! A lot has sprouted, but a lot was eaten by the mice and pack rats and then the cows... we'll do more over winter!✌🏾

[@ronbecker7939]

Awesome! These are Great!

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Thanks for watching!✌🏾

[@WayneDome-dm8iu]

Great job. You need a huge amount of compost/straw to speed up the process so your not 99 years old when it is finished .Keep up the work.!!!

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

We have a lot of composting going on already behind the scenes, but definitely will be creating more and more straw!😅✌🏾

[@goodwaterhikes]

😎✌slowed a lot of water

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Right!? This is just season 1!😅✌🏾

[@rm6857]

Nice puddleland

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Thank you 😁✌🏾

[@garryhancock3394]

Extra long episode, woohoo.

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

I'm glad it wasn't too bad!✌🏾😅

[@stacehansen3140]

Our garden pirate desert person! 💜🥰🏜🌧🌈

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

I like that word label combo!😅✌🏾

[@andres783]

this is awesome, been following to see what happens... realistically, what can you expect from the water seeping into the ground? more vegetation will thrive, and that will bring its own benefits, but what does it for homesteading the land? would it eventually provide water for your home?

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Thanks for following along! It would provide water, but help in creating fertility on the land for gardens, food forests, and forage for the livestock! Creating more value in the land and making the land more valuable!✌🏾

[@richavic4520]

Think about how much soil you accumulated and how much didn't get washed away this summer. I can't wait to see what it looks like in the spring.

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Exactly, definitely a big impact already being made! We'll see what winter brings!✌🏾

[@thegiggler2]

You've got a tractor. I would scoop up rocks with that, otherwise it's backbreaking work. You can then furrow entire fields, seed those furrows, and cover with straw.

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Well it's a friend's tractor, but we were doing what you were suggesting. We also use the 4 wheeler for the rocks too!✌🏾

[@BlackJesus8463]

desert rain hits diffy

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Exactly 💯!✌🏾

[@hirokawiti4932]

Hey bro i was really meaning to ask if u guys were planning on growning some clumping bamboo out the. Such a versatile utility for a homestead, many uses and benefits. Edible shoots, renewable building material, fast growing excellent shading and also rich in cellulose for mulching. Watering might be problematic i guess. I really hope you guys are able to get your fence up good, too. i think ur gna see amazing results when you're able to implement your own grazing schedule😅

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Definitely know of the benefits there! I'm undecided currently on the bamboo, but I am leaning towards a cultivar that could handle our conditions! We'll see what I can find, unless you had some suggestions?✌🏾

[@joemc111]

Brandon I can’t remember if you have a well, it might be cool to check the water level a few times a year to see if it decreases during the dry season. I think I ask you before about the annual rainfall and you said 15 inches, is that correct?

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

That's a good idea, but also no we don't have a well!✌🏾

[@matthewbadger8685]

I was going to skip ahead, but every part of the video i saw snapshots of looked way too interesting to miss, so i ended up watching it at normal speed so that i can see the development of the water catchment and the results of it on the landscape.

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

😅 that's awesome! It is mesmerizing!😁✌🏾

[@pawkie2]

I suggest you get some flags to pinpoint weak points in the swales. I assume white flags are seedings

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

You're right and I have been doing that! Thank you!✌🏾

[@winstonsmiths2449]

I have always wondered if it were possible to get people living housing areas near (?) your land to run up lawn, tree, shrub trimmings to your land? As you know to build soil you are going to need tons of organic material. I assume it is not easy getting to your property so I may be dreaming.

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Appreciate you joining the journey as well! We're Building up our compost and organic material stock! We'll get more into everything once the greenhouse is complete for winter! But getting people to live close is a challenge and project in and of itself!✌🏾

[@ug636]

#UVevaporation The speed of evaporation wasn’t the only surprise for the scientists. Their results also hinted at something special about how water molecules broke free. When heat drives evaporation, molecules typically escape one at a time. But when light is driving the evaporation, water molecules appear to escape in clusters. Then the clusters themselves evaporate. They break into individual water molecules and cool the vapor in the process.

[@NaMe-ku4cl]

Interesting

[@ug636]

@@NaMe-ku4cl i thought also ... greet´s from germany

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Thanks for that insight!✌🏾

[@robertsepp4546]

gardenplanbyai AI fixes this. Permaculture Rainwater Harvesting Compilation

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Thanks there is a plan actually, just takes time!✌🏾

[@keyboardoracle1044]

You have had a good rain season but why are there not so many grasses sprouting? D9nt deserts normally go crazy with growth when they get rain?

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Many variables as to why the lack of grass. But you'll have to watch this video, I talk about the different kinds of deserts!✌🏾 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqbIcmd5rZ58m5osi=a7eRSxmaDSDIKVUG

[@azgardenlover370]

I will be starting that journey soon. Nice to see it in action, and not just books.

[@mainegardenguy703]

So cool. I'm dealing with the opposite problems. Coast of maine. Lots of rain. Bedrock with very little topsoil. The pine trees have outgrown their environment and are starting to die off. I'm cutting back the trees and cutting them up into logs to put into the bedrock basins or craters all over the hill. Then I'll add in spent mushroom blocks to help break it all down and create our own soil on site. Plus, get some good mushrooms. Been planting out all sorts of edibles all over the property. Going for a full on food forest. Whatever I can grow and manage and process.

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Nice not a bad problem to have! Nice to hear the process you've started! You'll be harvesting the fruits of your labor soon enough!✌🏾

[@chipwellington1179]

So what i was planning on doing up there with the land is put down cardboard and then wood chips and then using Chickens and pigs either on the wood chips themselves or in a separate area and do like a experiment and see if they can dig it up and then put the cardboard and wood chips or just leave it and maybe spread some compost not sure exactly 😂. I also wanted to grow a chicken pasture and maybe grow all the extra pig food too. Maybe just have 1 or 2 pigs and 10 chickens starting out. And plant my fruit nut trees. But i was planning some liner stuff like tour doing just spreading out a bunch when it rains. And the swells too but im exactly sure where to put them ive looked up that A frame stuff to find the slope still would be unsure tho.

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Definitely a good starting strategy, and if anything else good old fashioned trial and error will lead you to where you want! Awesome to hear your plans for your property! That'll be great to get started on!✌🏾

[@EntropyFarmGreece]

The long form videos will prove a lot more lucrative for you through time. KZbin loves 60m+ vids. If you want "advice", just dig out a pond, seal it with bentonite, simple clay or a liner, but watch your viewership explode to the millions. Ponds are like 💩 for flies. You already have nice earthworks, just dig out a pond at your property line where all the water ends up. That could be your focal point.

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Oh yes and we have plenty more to dig out and rain to catch! 😅✌🏾

[@madrabbitwoman]

Imagine when you have a roof and rainwater tanks

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

I know it keeps me motivated to keep building!😅✌🏾

[@Jojo-lf7yo]

You ever going to sew some seed?

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Indeed winter into spring!✌🏾

[@dnny1440]

Man, your land is getting absolutely SOAKED, I love it

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Appreciate it! I'm looking forward to next year's season as well! Lots to show!✌🏾

[@Randy-lg1qo]

You left one of the windows open - I hope there wasn’t much damage to your house

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Oh no I did!😅 everything is all good, no worries!✌🏾

[@buffaloguts3459]

More straw and lots of seed.

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Yes indeed! Still in the works!✌🏾

[@madrabbitwoman]

And poop - lots lots poop

[@MrAlvinDude]

Are you, by now, able to keep any and all water that falls on you property, to remain on your property? Like there is no runoff. And all water stays to either seep into the ground, or is collected in ponds, for later use. If you are indeed able to keep any water from leaving via any surface runoff, then I congratulate you.

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

We are indeed already at that point now just 1 year into this project! Thank you✌🏾

[@garryhancock3394]

You wondering round in the thunder and lightning with a damp metal rod in your hands.......😂

[@a_fellow_homesteader]

They are not metal umbrella rods. He is always careful to let the major part of the storm pass 😊

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Storm chasers put themselves in close proximity to major storms as well! The umbrella luckily is fiberglass!😅✌🏾

[@garryhancock3394]

Destroying a good comment with facts! 😂

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

I appreciate the humor in those comments.... 😅✌🏾

[@ug636]

MUDBOOTS? ... Call em GUMMISTIEFEL

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

😅✌🏾

[@stevesavage8784]

Or waterskoene

[@Mr_Jamin007]

Could some viewers come camp on you land for a week or so and help move rocks, dig etc.

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

We would, but there are challenges on our end and what comes with what you're asking. However I'm looking at other properties for potential to have one solely for workshops, classes, etc.. ✌🏾

[@Mr_Jamin007]

@@GrowTreeOrganics yeah I'd imagine you'd have to set up some facilities if they don't have a camping toilet.

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Definitely some planning!✌🏾

[@garryhancock3394]

With all the water you are catching you may be able to dig a well soon.

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Hopefully a spring in the future will pop up!✌🏾

[@woodmastergaming5795]

First belgium guy living in germany 🤣

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

😅nice!✌🏾

[@gregjones2847]

You need to quit playing with that dirt and get that lady of yours in a safe home you need a solid home before worrying about mud.

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

I'm on it! Just got more building materials today!👍🏾✌🏾

[@a_fellow_homesteader]

@gregjones2847 I appreciate the thought, but must say I am fine 😊 we have done all this before. He is working VERY hard on the build and both of us are building and working to get inside at the pace we are able✌🏾💜

[@marionpeterson8434]

Have you planted anything?

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

Later winter we'll be planting all kinds of stuff!✌🏾

[@marionpeterson8434]

@ awesome, where are you located? What are you going to plant?

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

We'll get to Planting in late winter a variety of stuff!✌🏾

[@MyCorduroy]

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

✌🏾💦

[@johnmeyer4801]

Department of redundancy department

[@GrowTreeOrganics]

That's what nature is. So you're right it is the redundancy department!😅✌🏾