Saving rain water / Making Swales / Water irrigation in the tropics / Growing food in Asia

In this video we learn how to save water by digging ditches and making swales. In hot climates it is essential to manage water and conserve as much as possible. Amazing skills and a good example of how growing food can made easier through some simple water management processes.
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[@estebancorral5151]

This is John Kaisner’s content. If any money is to be had, it should be going to him to help restore the the dry soil of Sicily.

[@terryrichs2745]

Im very impressed with the simplicity of the method. I hope one day working with you. Im a surveyor by a profession and, these ideas are close to my heart.

[@ramzeneger]

Thank you and more power. Please share more videos about this and other techniques!!! Thank you again.

[@gramo63]

Great video about making food forests. In many places, the residents plant ornamental trees instead of fruit-producing trees.

[@maricotodiz4475]

the explanation makes sense to me!

[@sergiogomezgomez7666]

Gracias por compartir OPINION DESDE MEXICO

[@jhonpulgarin5004]

Thank You for the information.

[@amrishb4793]

This is so beautiful. I want to do this.

[@chawkidarmodichorhai9877]

Superrrrrrrr

[@beingsneaky]

yeah woulld be nice to see an update.

[@universaltraveller201]

Awesome

[@jameshunt2905]

I’m only guessing and does the size of the mound with the swale indicate what the amount of water during the rainy or wet season? As I understood the swale, even on somewhat level surface that it catches and recharges the deeper groundwater. Seeing the water in the system I can recognize the value in capturing the water I’d just never seen swales so big and deep.

[@jadepenn7407]

Hey guys, cool vid - be awesome to see some progress. Might want to do a little more research on what biochar is...the way youve done it actually harms plant growth because its not 'charged' with micro organisms and nutrients.

[@deathlesszero]

"You actually create a forest, that is a food. " Chittanan from California. Organic Gardener

[@18Rhapsody]

No because a food forest has layers of food production instead of an orchard which is a monoculture (just one food). Also a food forest creates symbiotic relationships making the plants stronger against diseases and pests

[@ericschmuecker5573]

@@18Rhapsody harder than you think.

[@18Rhapsody]

Eric Schmuecker I mean, I didn't say it was easy, just simple in concept. We have a budding food forest. My husband originally pushed the traditional orchard and it wasn't doing as well as we'd hoped, now it's thriving a lot better

[@mickaellakrapovic4191]

You could include a filtration system to the water reserve to keep it in a good quality..

[@stoverboo]

If it's only for irrigation or replenishment of the water table, that is not necessary.

[@harishbbbb]

Namaskara, I love the love you have towards Hindu religion.

[@michalstepanek6620]

so great swales realization in the plane under trees can be somewhat ... questionable . Also, burial of fertile soil under a unfertile clay cannot add much effect, isn´t it ?

[@benbridges552]

Our innerstanding is that biochar must be innoculated prior to using in a garden system, otherwise it will rob nutrient from the soil until it is full. Have you found this to have validity??

[@mettadinesh7270]

John is here

[@PlantSugar]

Thanks for sharing the information, would the same thing be necessary when the land is quite flat?

[@YasserRahman]

Plant Sugar it's best to do swales /trenches on all land, including flat land as water retention in the ground is an important part of the process. Will save you a lot of work over the years and its good for the trees

[@PlantSugar]

Thanks for the heads up. I will do as many swales as I can. :-D But currently I don't really get why it is better than leaving the land as "mother nature" made it. Is there anything you can recommend I read or watch?

[@stoverboo]

@@PlantSugar These are degraded lands. We are trying to get the land back to the way Mother Nature made it, by paying using natural laws, such as how water naturally flows through the environment.

[@PlantSugar]

@@stoverboo nice, thanks for the explanation. :-)

[@MarioHernandez-kg3dv]

How long can you store rain water?

[@AK-kn9ob]

This location is one of the most superfluous places to build a swale. This is Kerala, a place that gets heavy rain twice a year and consequently tropical plantations of rubber, coffee, spices, etc thrive. Moreover, this technique is not new to Kerala. They call it building platforms in the rubber plantations where hillsides are scored in a step-wise series of platforms with the platform being banked slightly into the hillside to maximize capture of water and its subsequent recharge of the ground water.

[@obsoletepowercorrupts]

I was thinking something similar but the hugelkultur there makes a difference because it changes the content of the soil. However, buried wood _(a woody-bed, a few feet down in a hold the size of a small car)_ is far more effective than a "hill" hugel. It is probably the case though that a hugel "hill" used here was a realistic option for the slope. A trouble with a hugel "hill" is soil can wash off it

[@ThoneJones]

How about some shovels and shoes?

[@mikewright3029]

he said slowly sinks into this mound.... isn't a mound pile?.. i'm confused. that deep hole looks like a pond. and i'm guessing it's below the swale on the slope.

[@vjnrsmhamysore1489]

In how much hectares have u done farm...?

[@perasperaadastra7702]

Take me with you.. This is a dream

[@NoNopeAndNo]

Can you grow Pizza trees with the use of swales? I woukd like a Pizza tree, a few pizza trees actually 🍕

[@Bernie5172]

where can we see a fully grown one thats 20 years old

[@lewissmart7915]

These ones are over 80 years old and have never been maintained: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYbdooCjo7OMl9k

[@jnsridhar]

Daivic singing by Yamuna Devi Dasi

[@mukeshsolanki3255]

Very good brother, why don't you take up the same projects with water starving and deserted villages. It would be a commendable job.

[@stoverboo]

I think that's what they're doing here.

[@backroadsusa6915]

Hopefully you went and joined them.

[@ishitunot5152]

It's been five years since the recording of this film do you have an update and if so could you provide a link?

[@RemyGold]

Apparently they lost their toes in a hoe digging accident and got malaria and quit and went their families in the burbs.

[@justgivemethetruth]

The other question that occurs to me is ... OK, so you get this food forest up and running, and you are taking fruit and produce out of it ... where does the nutrients come from to replace what is taken out?

[@LOVEITTVclips]

you need to add compost ... this can come from rotted tree matter, old food, leaves.... in india things degrade very quickly so you can make compost in just a few months ...

[@1caramarie]

Actually when a food forest is working as intended, you don't need to add anything. The trees drop leaves and branches, plants die, the wild animals and bird add dropping, etc. You need to help it out at first, after a few years nature takes over. I started mine 12 years ago, from a yard that was all lawn, now I don't have to do much asides from pick the fruits. I also grow vegetable, in my vegetable beds, those do need my help. I do drag some of the branches that fall to the area where I let them rot. I live in the middle of a town, when I started there were few birds now there are many, some with beneficial insects.

[@dantheman7415]

introce fish and prawn then no moquitos only fish food......lights on these ditches atract insects keeping them alway from the house

[@tennesseejacks]

How did you get the land?

[@justgivemethetruth]

Why are the "mounds" so high? Is there that much rain that you get water backing up behind that, and how long does it take to sink into the ground?

[@KDurankk]

👍🙏👊😁👊❤📈👏

[@shafihamza9089]

Is the place is kerala

[@Sams_Uncle]

Where can I get last ending song? Love it, thank you for video

[@wendystewart5665]

Do you plant on top of the swale itself ??

[@cenexes12]

are you a harri krishna follower from california

[@harishkumarhp314]

yes

[@roehle9962]

He kinda sounds like pewdiepie

[@technus102]

they are both nordics

[@islamonlysolution461]

how to contact these people?

[@72Yonatan]

What about mosquitoes and malaria? In such a tropical climate have you found a way to prevent the spread of malaria? There are techniques to do this by producing and using sterile males that reduce the population of the pests.

[@1caramarie]

Create areas that will attract frogs, birds and insects that eat mosquitoes. There are what is known as mosquitoes dunks that kill mosquitoes but do not kill frogs, fish or beneficial insects. (Trying to create sterile males is what ended up creating something much worse, in Brazil, which then spread.)

[@obsoletepowercorrupts]

Plant a quinoa tree in it.

[@Jyroskope]

Plz wear some shoes lol

[@andrewtowell6074]

pure hippy lol

[@jules2c]

I am sure he is a very nice guy, and well meaning but so misguided. Never go bare footed, you are not one of the locals, you will never know poverty, hunger and hard work like the locals. How many shoes, simple farming tools and local training courses could his air fair have provided?

[@godsloveministry4195]

It's 2015, why the bare foot and no bulldozer and backhoe?

[@andrewboddy2791]

+GodsLoveMinistry Sincerely; because there is no rush and physical work is enjoyable. ... or "Gods-Love-Minestry" because God condemned Adam to "pain-filled labor for the rest of your life".

[@albertoscatto1263]

+GodsLoveMinistry not necessary

[@ordinarychap1085]

Look how soft and sandy the soil is... Why would you bother with a backhoe?

[@browneyesgreensoul342]

neosomato hypergenesis wtf.

[@prettyparadoxicalwoman8285]

What is name of song please

[@adam88829]

Devaki - Karnamrita dasi

[@southsidesky]

these people never do a follow up to show if this worked or not. it's over 3 years ago.

[@JoseLopez-fv4vz]

They cant show you all the Marijuana they grow.... ha ha

[@1caramarie]

Let me guess, the guy flunked the course and it did not work as intended. Hint, the water is SUPPOSED TO STAY, not end up in the ocean.

[@Jahmastasunherbalist]

This video is from natural farmer, not this channel,

[@dylanleatham450]

I agree it would be great to see a followup. Quite certain there were benefits and setbacks both. At least they documented the effort. Great to see people trying techniques that have proved successful.

[@agapitoliria]

maybe not these people, but there's plenty of others from farmers using similar techniques that update after 10 years showing promising results (terrafrica comes to mind)

[@11219tt]

Any update to this after rain?

[@1caramarie]

Someone is a bit confused. All that trouble to create the swales to then allow the water to end up in the ocean? Shouldn't it stay in the land in areas of water catchment, as in a number of ponds, that retain the water. I'm sure the ocean is not going to miss that water. Is he still taking the course? Some time back I spend three days non stop, watching video after video of a free series that Geoff Lawton, had. I'm not using figure of speech, I did not sleep. After I started my own food forest in my yard, years later that is what I have, in a town of lawns all around me. I was in my 60's, I just turned 72. If a 5 foot tall woman can do it on her own anyone can. It produces many different types of fruits, I also have vegetable growing in some area. I live in Northern Minnesota, where the cold weather can last as many as 8 months, so I have to start the vegetable indoors. The birds have done their part by bring seed of wild plant and trees and dropping them along with the fertilizer.

[@1caramarie]

@GD I don't need to view it slowly, like you, my brains can handle the speed. He indicated that they are slowing it down, NOT keeping it all in the property. He did mention when it gets to the pond, it will eventually end up in the OCEAN. Isn't that what he said. Why yes! Maybe a few more ponds? I'm all for the concept. I'm sure he's native to the tropics.

[@1caramarie]

@GD What a TRUE FOOL! Lets start with the fact that I AM from the Tropics. Two, I have a food forests in one of the coldest states of the US. In other words, I know how it is in both EXTREMES. Third, most tropical areas in the planet do NOT depend on monsoons, because they get rain year round, unlike places in India. Four, I don't have to search because I know what the Pani Foundation is. Get real, MOST PLACES in India still have huge drought after monsoon season, because the transformation too green in India is way behind places like China. Yes, they are doing amazing things but it's not as simple are you make it. Five, I have been at it for 12 years and I am doing it in a town that is mostly lawns., because people are stupid. Six, my main focus is saving the native bees, and my yard is a haven for birds, both of which are hard to find her outside of my property. Seven: wait for it..... I have way more schooling that you which means that if someone here suffers from learning disabilities, it is YOU. I collect degrees, like you collect bottles. Doctorates in Law and Psychology (retired attorney and retired psychologist), plus graduate degrees in English Literature, History and Geology. And I can speak half a dozen languages and can understand a few more. What I do is my hobby now that I am retired. So stop pretending that you know more than me. I know what swales are, I am a huge fan of Geoff Lawton, who is teaching people how to green the lowest point of land in the entire planet that happens to be in the middle of a desert. In which by the way, is very salty soil. And the guy being interview mentioned that's who he took classes with. He is a STUDENT as he STATED. Plus, I think the whole fairy tale that the planet is getting hotter is nonsense. All you have to do to fix the problem is PLANT MORE TREES.

[@1caramarie]

@GD Question is HOW CAN YOU? Let me put on my psychologist hat. You have an obsession. Did you mother mistreat you?

[@crashalarm3283]

Using those tools without boots on is just asking for trouble. I can swing an axe, pick, hoe all day without hitting myself. But fuck would I be upset to make a mistake and lose a toe. Same reason I wear safety glasses, though that took a wood chip in the eye to persuade me.

[@PiecesOfNature]

It doesn't look like an area where there is to little water for the trees without the swales.

[@LOVEITTVclips]

Southern India. Super dry for six months and then they have a wet season for 3 - 4 months ..Thy need to capture the rain and save it for later in the year . .

[@felixschaefer28]

I am worried about the lower back from the background artist.

[@mr.mackinaw1401]

No safety boots? Someone is gonna lose a toe.

[@johnmason1239]

Is it me or do all swale videos have the worst audio&some of the cheesiest music ever, like active sabotage. Praise be the main central part had no music&was brilliant+actually intelligble

[@KJSvitko]

Population needs to be in balance with jobs, resources, nature and the environment. Humans are crowding out all other species of plants and animals. Men need to be more responsible for their children or get a vasectomy. More people demand more resources. Endless population growth is not sustainable on a finite planet. People with jobs are less likely to participate in criminal behavior.

[@pustomkumar8165]

Just dig and say anything.show the results vedios 😂😢

[@iWh15tl3]

My friends Jesus Christ is returning do you have the saving power of Jesus the Lord in your hearts? He can save you from hell and condemnation of you believe in him.

[@monkeymanwasd1239]

if i kill and eat him will i become immortal i think he said that once please look up early retirement extreame

[@magre9656]

Why one would build swales in a climate where it rains so much that you rather need good water escape routes to avoid being flooded. You will end with a swamp infested with mosquitoes. Look at the area around you it's super lush already without any swales.

[@squintspalledorous3376]

SERGEY MAGRUK you obviously didn't listen to what he was saying. it all went over your head. smh.

[@LOVEITTVclips]

they need to store the rain .. india only has three months of rain and then no rain for 6 - 9 months ! .. making swales allows them to gather water and have an extra 2 months to irrigate crops ..

[@TheLennemoy]

The swales are ok, the pond looks like an issue though, although in India most ponds are stocked with local fish species.

[@jimwilleford6140]

All intentions homoredk but why is the white guy using his mouth and the black dude breaking his back?

[@jubhgioubgob]

Pure culture vultures

[@jimwilleford6140]

All intentions honored, but why is the white guy using his mouth, and the black dude breaking his back?

[@muhmmadfaridkhan981]

ویڈیو اپ لوڈ کا شکریہ

[@Lildizzle420]

its bothering me these people are filming a video while dude is bent over working hard?

[@jonathanecheverria414]

This mans knowledge will enrich the workers life for the rest of his life and for his future generations.

[@JoseLopez-fv4vz]

Ywho are you fooling I know your going to grow weed...... ha ha

[@sumanrana4390]

translate in hindi

[@mannubaghel7309]

They’re wearing Rudraksha