This is the best video explaining the swale system in simple butso effectively
@josephmckenzie47444 жыл бұрын
Kind of looks like The contour of an old drive-in movie theater anybody old enough to remember. Good information.
@alisonmiller27087 жыл бұрын
Finally a video that just shows you how on earth a swale works. Very clear demonstration. Goodness. Thank you.
@highdeserthollow44477 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped, thanks for watching.
@meh41643 жыл бұрын
One of the best if not the best video on swales on the youtube! Thanks.
@Brandkloc6 жыл бұрын
I sort of understood how swales work after watching nine videos, but all I needed was this one. Thank you very much for this demo.
@highdeserthollow44476 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching, I am glad it helped.
@hetaspandya Жыл бұрын
I have seen zillion videos to understand swales and their functions and how to build one properly. This is the only one that explains it. Thanks for making it simple to understand.
@ODLife9 жыл бұрын
Great video, best explanation of swales I've seen on KZbin. Really like the scaled down model showing how it works. Great video
@highdeserthollow44479 жыл бұрын
GY Solutions Thanks, I was going to try and get it all into one but was to much info so had to brake it up. Part two will have the stuff you were asking about.
@JeremyThomas_Environmentarian4 жыл бұрын
Here here!
@anandrk713 жыл бұрын
One of the best video. I am an urban guy and having watched so many video's this one helped me understand what exactly the swale does. Keep posting video's like this thank you
@gunterbraunkinder48762 жыл бұрын
Good and practical LAB demonstration which is easily understood. Good presentation.
@magz06267 жыл бұрын
this has been The BEST SWALE EXPLANATION VIDEO ON YOUT TUBE!! seriously. ive seen close to 100 and nobe have explained and demonstrated just how they work and how to create one. we have slopey hill land we want to garden. and keeping water on slope just doesnt happen....unless you build a level ditch on contour. thank you so much for this great information.
@highdeserthollow44477 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the complement and I am glad it helped and you enjoyed the video.
@juniorteraza94962 жыл бұрын
Me gustó mucho su video he visto varios o muchos Videos y estoy tratando de hacer lo mismo pero nadie lo explica bien usted explicó hasta con peras y manzanas con agua con los árboles y como la verdad que me encantó tiene un nuevo suscriptor👍👍👍😃
@manasikashyap5 жыл бұрын
This video should be compulsory viewing for all permaculture courses & water management classes. Beautiful!
@tlgardens75986 жыл бұрын
WOW! I had just "gotten" an understanding of swales after watching a dozen videos. AND I even started creating my own swales on contour. After watching your explanation I realized exactly what I need to do to water my swales from top to bottom as I am putting swales around a hill. Previous, I had intended to water each swale (I have six right now) individually. But thanks to your vid, I can water the top one and let the water trickle all the way to the bottom and I'll watch it to see where the swales will need reinforcement. BEST VIDEO EVER!! Thanks a million.
@highdeserthollow44476 жыл бұрын
TLGardens Thanks for watching and I am glad it helped.
@jamessang17045 жыл бұрын
Good explanation. I like that you said to make the bottom of the ditch level and to make the top sill level and to grow the trees behind the sill. I want to recommend this to the counties in California where we have so many fires. When we have the rains, we can catch the water this way to make the soil more moist and maybe more resistent to catching fire!
@thecurrentmoment3 жыл бұрын
And if you have a dam at the end of each swale, you have a supply of water close to every fire that might break out
@luciasamaras77674 жыл бұрын
Excellent! You understand how people learn. Thank you for your thoughtful effort!
@amyr5053 жыл бұрын
This is the best explanation of swales I have seen. I am just starting my permaculture journey and this is very valuable information. I am also in the high desert of New Mexico and water is my biggest challenge. Thanks so much!
@dsande95 жыл бұрын
best example of swale design I have seen thus far..
@dickhead87755 жыл бұрын
It's the first one I have actually understood.
@danieltabakman27947 жыл бұрын
iv been looking for a video like this for weeks. this is like the best ever
@highdeserthollow44477 жыл бұрын
Thanks , glad it helped.
@AlexHop13 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Very clear explanation of how to build a swale--very much needed!
@Stang4134 жыл бұрын
Very informative and you explained swales with that model very well.
@highdeserthollow44474 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@dirtmover48876 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best videos explaining this system. Thx, D
@highdeserthollow44476 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I am glad you liked it, thanks for commenting.
@vinnettepope82552 жыл бұрын
Awesome 👌 swale tutorial video
@YourFrienjamin3 жыл бұрын
Doesn't look like a desert! Reflective of your work. Well-done!
@christiansgardens3 жыл бұрын
Good work mate thanks very much
@bevyh18 жыл бұрын
Nice explanation of swale. Thanks
@redmaple31123 жыл бұрын
Amazing demonstration. This vid deserved way more likes. Thanks buddy. On to part 2.
@arlingtonguy547 жыл бұрын
Great job explaining how to build them.
@highdeserthollow44477 жыл бұрын
Thanks they are a amazing system once you get them installed. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@YTthatsnotmyname7 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! thanks for the straightforward simple explanation and demonstration. Have looked around a lot of sites but they're not so clear and easy to understand. Need to know how to achieve the on-contour bit - maybe it's in your part 2 video.
@highdeserthollow44477 жыл бұрын
I will see if I can put together a video on finding contour and the different methods of doing it.
@huseyinozturk64584 жыл бұрын
Great video. Thanks for taking the time to make it
@wintermetalhd4 жыл бұрын
Great job explaining. Exactly what I was looking for.
@amyreaves80543 жыл бұрын
Good job!
@kingak56104 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this, best swale explantion! I'm going to use that on a smaller scale.
@CariMachet3 жыл бұрын
Genius teacher
@domdegood53764 жыл бұрын
In Italy they have Sentieri, stone walls that makes the side of a hill in to steps and so the plants are on flat land to hold the water.
@8BitChickn7 жыл бұрын
Great explanation!
@highdeserthollow44477 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@harishbbbb3 жыл бұрын
Very well explained, thanks
@adamgarza2144 жыл бұрын
Great Explanation. Visual!!
@adamahquin14856 жыл бұрын
From one adam to another, that was the best video on swales!!!!!! Thank you, would be really cool to visit your place and learn from you......do you do educational weekends?
@highdeserthollow44475 жыл бұрын
Thanks I am glad it was helpful, I have not done any full weekends, but have had people stop if they are in the area. Thanks for watching and commenting, I should be able to get more videos out soon.
@branimirmarold73437 жыл бұрын
thanks for sharing, respect!
@highdeserthollow44477 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching and commenting, glad you like it.
@dinosaur00733 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much man...I like it and I am going to copy it..!!!
@1dravano5 жыл бұрын
Excellent Swale tail
@mostismail96387 жыл бұрын
I put like in there , what can I do , couldn't help my self , keep up the good work
@highdeserthollow44477 жыл бұрын
Thanks glad you enjoyed it, I hope it helped.
@markfcoble3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@ejsrn7242 жыл бұрын
For a small scale garden system, should I have space between swales? Or can I do ditch, berm, ditch, berm without the natural ground in between? I'm thinking like 4 swales only like 6 feet long for planting veggies (maybe with some perennials like lavender mixed in). I have only found 1 example of "veggie swales" on the internet that are even close to what I'm wanting to do. Most examples of swales I see are for trees and larger scale. I'm glad you mentioned scaling down, I'm just not sure how to do it correctly. My area gets a lot of rain, so I'm planning to put in a rain garden at the base of the slope and my proposed veggie area would overflow into that.
@kevinhayes69334 жыл бұрын
I noticed you have a lot of birds I can hear in the background, so you are doing alright
@gravityrules90077 жыл бұрын
I have a place in Swan Valley, your soil looks like mine. Thank you for explaining perma-culture in a way a hobby farmer can understand. We are at about 5500 ft. elevation. Can you suggest a place that would have fruit trees that will grow in our area and soil on the down hill side of our swales?
@highdeserthollow44477 жыл бұрын
I see you found my review of Sunnyside Gardens, let me know how it works out.
@SolidGoldShows4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great information on slopes. How about flat desert land?
@highdeserthollow44474 жыл бұрын
There is contour on most all ground nothing is truly flat and water will run down hill.
@SolidGoldShows4 жыл бұрын
@@highdeserthollow4447 Ok. I need to monitor my desert land during the rainy days to see
@joemc1113 жыл бұрын
Adam great video so how much rain do you get?
@whitewaterjenn3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your video. I live in Pocatello. I am wondering if I could hire you to build some swells for me?
@przybyla4206 жыл бұрын
Excellent, very clear explanation. I would think though that your soil would absorb close to 100% of the rain anyways, in which case your swales are just lazily built irrigation channels (left the dirt piled up). Jokes aside, is it dusty and hydrophobic soil there, or do you get heavy rains when the ground is chalk dry? You can't put swales on a that steep a slope, so what's causing the runoff?
@thecurrentmoment3 жыл бұрын
Water will flow along any slope, you just need to be careful you don't put sales on too steep of a slope, I think they say 30° or something, which is quite steep anyway
@drpk65143 жыл бұрын
Instead of level seal you can use a PVC pipe
@daniellegiambrone27966 жыл бұрын
What is the best way to dig a swale by hand? We only have 2 acres and no excavators or heavy machinery to use.
@highdeserthollow44475 жыл бұрын
The ones I have dug by hand I used a rear tine rototiller to loosen the dirt and than went behind with shovel and moved the dirt to the downhill side.
@vincenttsang46402 жыл бұрын
why not using vetiver?
@jacquesterrier47003 жыл бұрын
If the water overflow at the side of the swales, it will run slowy.
@larryconover39254 жыл бұрын
briefly discuss why you have to "level" the swail all the way across??
@ejsrn7242 жыл бұрын
So it doesn't all rush to one spot (the deepest spot) and create an unintended waterfall where it spills over in that area.
@janicewilliamson253410 ай бұрын
So you need hills to do this? Not flat.
@highdeserthollow444710 ай бұрын
No any contour will work, water will always flow downhill. It’s just easier to explain with more contour.
@francoispienaar12566 жыл бұрын
Good job! Start an online business and sell stuff!