#swale — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #swale, aggregated by home.social.
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Q: When is a link not a link?
A: When it's actually a button masquerading as a link.Would someone be able to tell me why #Swale District Council decided to eschew the humble
<a>tag and use<button>instead?The upshot, if you middle-click on a thing (to open it in a new tab), nothing happens 😡
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Q: When is a link not a link?
A: When it's actually a button masquerading as a link.Would someone be able to tell me why #Swale District Council decided to eschew the humble
<a>tag and use<button>instead?The upshot, if you middle-click on a thing (to open it in a new tab), nothing happens 😡
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Q: When is a link not a link?
A: When it's actually a button masquerading as a link.Would someone be able to tell me why #Swale District Council decided to eschew the humble
<a>tag and use<button>instead?The upshot, if you middle-click on a thing (to open it in a new tab), nothing happens 😡
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Q: When is a link not a link?
A: When it's actually a button masquerading as a link.Would someone be able to tell me why #Swale District Council decided to eschew the humble
<a>tag and use<button>instead?The upshot, if you middle-click on a thing (to open it in a new tab), nothing happens 😡
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Hace cuatro años hicimos la loma de un swale(acequia de careo en linea linea de nivel de la pendiente o linea clave) con balas de paja, hoy estamos plantando una higuera justo en esa loma, y sale parte del pasto aplastado por arcilla, el suelo debajo aunque arcilloso tiene una pinta muy buena. Mezclamos la paja enterrada con la arcilla y añadimos nuestro sustrato de alto contenido de materia orgánica para confiar en que tenga la mayor de las suertes, a su derecha tiene una parra con buena pinta y esquejes de zarzamoras con mala pinta.
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#AlfredME - Alfred #ElementarySchool #NatureHike
0.8mi Length
36ft Elevation gain
0.5–1hr Estimated time, Out & back"This short trail starts in the parking lot of the elementary school. There is an #OutdoorClassroom, #VernalPonds, and #swale. Small bridges have been built over wet areas. There are small signs with information about the natural environment. Although there are blue blazes on trees, the trail is not easy to follow as it gets further from the school."
FMI:
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/maine/alfred-elementary-school-nature-hike#SolarPunkSunday #SpendTimeInNature #SpendTimeOutdoors #NatureHikes #MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime #NatureBasedLearning
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#AlfredME - Alfred #ElementarySchool #NatureHike
0.8mi Length
36ft Elevation gain
0.5–1hr Estimated time, Out & back"This short trail starts in the parking lot of the elementary school. There is an #OutdoorClassroom, #VernalPonds, and #swale. Small bridges have been built over wet areas. There are small signs with information about the natural environment. Although there are blue blazes on trees, the trail is not easy to follow as it gets further from the school."
FMI:
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/maine/alfred-elementary-school-nature-hike#SolarPunkSunday #SpendTimeInNature #SpendTimeOutdoors #NatureHikes #MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime #NatureBasedLearning
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#AlfredME - Alfred #ElementarySchool #NatureHike
0.8mi Length
36ft Elevation gain
0.5–1hr Estimated time, Out & back"This short trail starts in the parking lot of the elementary school. There is an #OutdoorClassroom, #VernalPonds, and #swale. Small bridges have been built over wet areas. There are small signs with information about the natural environment. Although there are blue blazes on trees, the trail is not easy to follow as it gets further from the school."
FMI:
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/maine/alfred-elementary-school-nature-hike#SolarPunkSunday #SpendTimeInNature #SpendTimeOutdoors #NatureHikes #MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime #NatureBasedLearning
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#AlfredME - Alfred #ElementarySchool #NatureHike
0.8mi Length
36ft Elevation gain
0.5–1hr Estimated time, Out & back"This short trail starts in the parking lot of the elementary school. There is an #OutdoorClassroom, #VernalPonds, and #swale. Small bridges have been built over wet areas. There are small signs with information about the natural environment. Although there are blue blazes on trees, the trail is not easy to follow as it gets further from the school."
FMI:
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/maine/alfred-elementary-school-nature-hike#SolarPunkSunday #SpendTimeInNature #SpendTimeOutdoors #NatureHikes #MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime #NatureBasedLearning
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#AlfredME - Alfred #ElementarySchool #NatureHike
0.8mi Length
36ft Elevation gain
0.5–1hr Estimated time, Out & back"This short trail starts in the parking lot of the elementary school. There is an #OutdoorClassroom, #VernalPonds, and #swale. Small bridges have been built over wet areas. There are small signs with information about the natural environment. Although there are blue blazes on trees, the trail is not easy to follow as it gets further from the school."
FMI:
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/maine/alfred-elementary-school-nature-hike#SolarPunkSunday #SpendTimeInNature #SpendTimeOutdoors #NatureHikes #MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime #NatureBasedLearning
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Conservationists vow to monitor plans for Saskatoon's swales
#Saskatoon #Swale #parks
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/saskatoon-meewasin-national-urban-park-environment-conservation-9.7128383 -
Possible changes to boundary for proposed national park in Saskatoon spark outcry | CBC News
“Swale Watchers conservation group is leading a groundswell of opposition to potential changes to the boundary that would remove portions of the Northeast Swale and Small Swale, areas that are considered endangered and home to many threatened plant and animal species.”
#Saskatoon #Skpoli #Swale #Conservation
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/meewasin-park-national-conservation-habitat-environment-9.7123096 -
Finished #Swale
And there were some buckets and tubs that filled with water from the rain, so was able to test it too. Works great. Most of the water sits there and sinks. As it approaches the trail, the swale empties into the new channel.
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By Heather McCargo, Photos by Jean English, Winter 2014-2015
"#NativePlant corridors attract #pollinators and #wildlife to your farm by stretching across your property to connect your piece of #NativeHabitat to nearby #meadows, #wetlands or #woodlands. This creates a much larger area for #NativePollinators to #forage, raise young and migrate. Corridors may run along a road, between fields, in a #swale or on the edge of a #forest, connecting habitats off the property and returning native plants to the parts of the farm not suitable for traditional crops.
This article describes two approaches to creating native habitat corridors: changing #mowing habits to favor native species, and planting woody and herbaceous combinations to increase native plant diversity on the farm.
Populations of all native species are in decline across the state. Our human footprint is taking its toll on wild creatures, including pollinators such as #bees and #butterflies that are so important on the farm for crop pollination. Native plant species each share an evolutionary history with indigenous insects, birds, reptiles, mammals, bacteria and fungi. When native plants are gone, many of these creatures go too, leading to a collapse of ecosystem function. Farmers benefit from the services provided by a healthy ecosystem, such as groundwater recharge; clean surface streams and ponds; pollination; a diversity of birds, spiders and amphibians to eat many insects including crop pests; and beneficial soil fungi and bacteria. Fortunately, when native plants are reintroduced into a landscape, many of these other creatures return.
As farmers and landowners, we can bring native plants, and the attendant diversity, back into the Maine landscape in a way that works with a farmer’s busy schedule. Many native plants thrive in dry, wet and shady areas that are poor sites for traditional farm crops."
Learn more:
https://www.mofga.org/resources/pollinators/plant-corridors/#SolarPunkSunday #GardeningForPollinators #NativePlantCorridors #Gardening #Farming #Homesteading #Nature #NatureConservation #NatureRestoration #Maine
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By Heather McCargo, Photos by Jean English, Winter 2014-2015
"#NativePlant corridors attract #pollinators and #wildlife to your farm by stretching across your property to connect your piece of #NativeHabitat to nearby #meadows, #wetlands or #woodlands. This creates a much larger area for #NativePollinators to #forage, raise young and migrate. Corridors may run along a road, between fields, in a #swale or on the edge of a #forest, connecting habitats off the property and returning native plants to the parts of the farm not suitable for traditional crops.
This article describes two approaches to creating native habitat corridors: changing #mowing habits to favor native species, and planting woody and herbaceous combinations to increase native plant diversity on the farm.
Populations of all native species are in decline across the state. Our human footprint is taking its toll on wild creatures, including pollinators such as #bees and #butterflies that are so important on the farm for crop pollination. Native plant species each share an evolutionary history with indigenous insects, birds, reptiles, mammals, bacteria and fungi. When native plants are gone, many of these creatures go too, leading to a collapse of ecosystem function. Farmers benefit from the services provided by a healthy ecosystem, such as groundwater recharge; clean surface streams and ponds; pollination; a diversity of birds, spiders and amphibians to eat many insects including crop pests; and beneficial soil fungi and bacteria. Fortunately, when native plants are reintroduced into a landscape, many of these other creatures return.
As farmers and landowners, we can bring native plants, and the attendant diversity, back into the Maine landscape in a way that works with a farmer’s busy schedule. Many native plants thrive in dry, wet and shady areas that are poor sites for traditional farm crops."
Learn more:
https://www.mofga.org/resources/pollinators/plant-corridors/#SolarPunkSunday #GardeningForPollinators #NativePlantCorridors #Gardening #Farming #Homesteading #Nature #NatureConservation #NatureRestoration #Maine
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By Heather McCargo, Photos by Jean English, Winter 2014-2015
"#NativePlant corridors attract #pollinators and #wildlife to your farm by stretching across your property to connect your piece of #NativeHabitat to nearby #meadows, #wetlands or #woodlands. This creates a much larger area for #NativePollinators to #forage, raise young and migrate. Corridors may run along a road, between fields, in a #swale or on the edge of a #forest, connecting habitats off the property and returning native plants to the parts of the farm not suitable for traditional crops.
This article describes two approaches to creating native habitat corridors: changing #mowing habits to favor native species, and planting woody and herbaceous combinations to increase native plant diversity on the farm.
Populations of all native species are in decline across the state. Our human footprint is taking its toll on wild creatures, including pollinators such as #bees and #butterflies that are so important on the farm for crop pollination. Native plant species each share an evolutionary history with indigenous insects, birds, reptiles, mammals, bacteria and fungi. When native plants are gone, many of these creatures go too, leading to a collapse of ecosystem function. Farmers benefit from the services provided by a healthy ecosystem, such as groundwater recharge; clean surface streams and ponds; pollination; a diversity of birds, spiders and amphibians to eat many insects including crop pests; and beneficial soil fungi and bacteria. Fortunately, when native plants are reintroduced into a landscape, many of these other creatures return.
As farmers and landowners, we can bring native plants, and the attendant diversity, back into the Maine landscape in a way that works with a farmer’s busy schedule. Many native plants thrive in dry, wet and shady areas that are poor sites for traditional farm crops."
Learn more:
https://www.mofga.org/resources/pollinators/plant-corridors/#SolarPunkSunday #GardeningForPollinators #NativePlantCorridors #Gardening #Farming #Homesteading #Nature #NatureConservation #NatureRestoration #Maine
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By Heather McCargo, Photos by Jean English, Winter 2014-2015
"#NativePlant corridors attract #pollinators and #wildlife to your farm by stretching across your property to connect your piece of #NativeHabitat to nearby #meadows, #wetlands or #woodlands. This creates a much larger area for #NativePollinators to #forage, raise young and migrate. Corridors may run along a road, between fields, in a #swale or on the edge of a #forest, connecting habitats off the property and returning native plants to the parts of the farm not suitable for traditional crops.
This article describes two approaches to creating native habitat corridors: changing #mowing habits to favor native species, and planting woody and herbaceous combinations to increase native plant diversity on the farm.
Populations of all native species are in decline across the state. Our human footprint is taking its toll on wild creatures, including pollinators such as #bees and #butterflies that are so important on the farm for crop pollination. Native plant species each share an evolutionary history with indigenous insects, birds, reptiles, mammals, bacteria and fungi. When native plants are gone, many of these creatures go too, leading to a collapse of ecosystem function. Farmers benefit from the services provided by a healthy ecosystem, such as groundwater recharge; clean surface streams and ponds; pollination; a diversity of birds, spiders and amphibians to eat many insects including crop pests; and beneficial soil fungi and bacteria. Fortunately, when native plants are reintroduced into a landscape, many of these other creatures return.
As farmers and landowners, we can bring native plants, and the attendant diversity, back into the Maine landscape in a way that works with a farmer’s busy schedule. Many native plants thrive in dry, wet and shady areas that are poor sites for traditional farm crops."
Learn more:
https://www.mofga.org/resources/pollinators/plant-corridors/#SolarPunkSunday #GardeningForPollinators #NativePlantCorridors #Gardening #Farming #Homesteading #Nature #NatureConservation #NatureRestoration #Maine
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By Heather McCargo, Photos by Jean English, Winter 2014-2015
"#NativePlant corridors attract #pollinators and #wildlife to your farm by stretching across your property to connect your piece of #NativeHabitat to nearby #meadows, #wetlands or #woodlands. This creates a much larger area for #NativePollinators to #forage, raise young and migrate. Corridors may run along a road, between fields, in a #swale or on the edge of a #forest, connecting habitats off the property and returning native plants to the parts of the farm not suitable for traditional crops.
This article describes two approaches to creating native habitat corridors: changing #mowing habits to favor native species, and planting woody and herbaceous combinations to increase native plant diversity on the farm.
Populations of all native species are in decline across the state. Our human footprint is taking its toll on wild creatures, including pollinators such as #bees and #butterflies that are so important on the farm for crop pollination. Native plant species each share an evolutionary history with indigenous insects, birds, reptiles, mammals, bacteria and fungi. When native plants are gone, many of these creatures go too, leading to a collapse of ecosystem function. Farmers benefit from the services provided by a healthy ecosystem, such as groundwater recharge; clean surface streams and ponds; pollination; a diversity of birds, spiders and amphibians to eat many insects including crop pests; and beneficial soil fungi and bacteria. Fortunately, when native plants are reintroduced into a landscape, many of these other creatures return.
As farmers and landowners, we can bring native plants, and the attendant diversity, back into the Maine landscape in a way that works with a farmer’s busy schedule. Many native plants thrive in dry, wet and shady areas that are poor sites for traditional farm crops."
Learn more:
https://www.mofga.org/resources/pollinators/plant-corridors/#SolarPunkSunday #GardeningForPollinators #NativePlantCorridors #Gardening #Farming #Homesteading #Nature #NatureConservation #NatureRestoration #Maine
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@Rachelburch Nice picture, nice landscape. Good that it has hedges. Could use some swales.
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Digging Away Droughts:
Flattening out the land can increase overland flooding, wash away topsoil, and it gives water no place to sit and absorb into the soil. Without building the underground reservoir, the landscape becomes less drought resistant and more susceptible to wildfires.
The techniques to correct this have many names and methods, but the main goal is to dig something to slow water.
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Image Source: https://livingpermaculturepnw.com/what-is-a-swale-an-introduction-to-permaculture-water-harvesting/
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SWALE COUNCIL BY-ELECTION RESULT
Murston:
🟤 Swale Independents: 34.5% (-6.1)
🔴 Labour: 29.4% (+2.2)
⚪ Reform UK: 17.8% (new)
🔵 Conservative: 14.9% (+0.4)
🟠 Liberal Democrats: 3.3% (-6.2)Swale Independents HOLD.
Changes with 2023.
#ukpolitics #ukpol #electionresults #Conservatives #Labour #LibDems #ReformUK #Swale
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Genau da wo ich diesen #Swale hin haben wollte, haben meine Vorfahren mir etwas unter der Erde hinterlassen.
🎁Ich dachte so was verrottet viel schneller. Ich lasse es da, denn ich wollte eh später altes Holz und ein bisschen #Mahd in den Graben werfen. Das Holz ist ein dort ein Wasser-Speicher.
💦🪵https://climatejustice.social/@permakultur/110962824975213018
#Wasserretentionsgraben #Klimawandel #Permakultur #Starkregen #Wasserspeicher
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Genau da wo ich diesen #Swale hin haben wollte, haben meine Vorfahren mir etwas unter der Erde hinterlassen.
🎁Ich dachte so was verrottet viel schneller. Ich lasse es da, denn ich wollte eh später altes Holz und ein bisschen #Mahd in den Graben werfen. Das Holz ist ein dort ein Wasser-Speicher.
💦🪵https://climatejustice.social/@permakultur/110962824975213018
#Wasserretentionsgraben #Klimawandel #Permakultur #Starkregen #Wasserspeicher
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Genau da wo ich diesen #Swale hin haben wollte, haben meine Vorfahren mir etwas unter der Erde hinterlassen.
🎁Ich dachte so was verrottet viel schneller. Ich lasse es da, denn ich wollte eh später altes Holz und ein bisschen #Mahd in den Graben werfen. Das Holz ist ein dort ein Wasser-Speicher.
💦🪵https://climatejustice.social/@permakultur/110962824975213018
#Wasserretentionsgraben #Klimawandel #Permakultur #Starkregen #Wasserspeicher
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Genau da wo ich diesen #Swale hin haben wollte, haben meine Vorfahren mir etwas unter der Erde hinterlassen.
🎁Ich dachte so was verrottet viel schneller. Ich lasse es da, denn ich wollte eh später altes Holz und ein bisschen #Mahd in den Graben werfen. Das Holz ist ein dort ein Wasser-Speicher.
💦🪵https://climatejustice.social/@permakultur/110962824975213018
#Wasserretentionsgraben #Klimawandel #Permakultur #Starkregen #Wasserspeicher
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Genau da wo ich diesen #Swale hin haben wollte, haben meine Vorfahren mir etwas unter der Erde hinterlassen.
🎁Ich dachte so was verrottet viel schneller. Ich lasse es da, denn ich wollte eh später altes Holz und ein bisschen #Mahd in den Graben werfen. Das Holz ist ein dort ein Wasser-Speicher.
💦🪵https://climatejustice.social/@permakultur/110962824975213018
#Wasserretentionsgraben #Klimawandel #Permakultur #Starkregen #Wasserspeicher
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Ein #Swale / #Wasserretentionsgraben »Erntet« das Regenwasser welches sonst über die Fläche hinweg fliessen würde.Unterhalb dieses Grabens entsteht ein Wasserspeicher der Pflanzen zur Verfügung steht.
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Ein #Swale / #Wasserretentionsgraben »Erntet« das Regenwasser welches sonst über die Fläche hinweg fliessen würde.Unterhalb dieses Grabens entsteht ein Wasserspeicher der Pflanzen zur Verfügung steht.
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Ein #Swale / #Wasserretentionsgraben »Erntet« das Regenwasser welches sonst über die Fläche hinweg fliessen würde.Unterhalb dieses Grabens entsteht ein Wasserspeicher der Pflanzen zur Verfügung steht.
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🌧️
Ein #Swale / #Wasserretentionsgraben »Erntet« das Regenwasser welches sonst über die Fläche hinweg fliessen würde.Unterhalb dieses Grabens entsteht ein Wasserspeicher der Pflanzen zur Verfügung steht.
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🌧️
Ein #Swale / #Wasserretentionsgraben »Erntet« das Regenwasser welches sonst über die Fläche hinweg fliessen würde.Unterhalb dieses Grabens entsteht ein Wasserspeicher der Pflanzen zur Verfügung steht.
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Außerdem gelten die Niederschlagswerte des Nachbarortes für mich nicht.
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Regen kann sich je nach Landschaft sehr unterscheidlich verhalten.Mehr dazu: https://climatejustice.social/@permakultur/112854342185692215
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Außerdem gelten die Niederschlagswerte des Nachbarortes für mich nicht.
☔️
Regen kann sich je nach Landschaft sehr unterscheidlich verhalten.Mehr dazu: https://climatejustice.social/@permakultur/112854342185692215
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Außerdem gelten die Niederschlagswerte des Nachbarortes für mich nicht.
☔️
Regen kann sich je nach Landschaft sehr unterscheidlich verhalten.Mehr dazu: https://climatejustice.social/@permakultur/112854342185692215
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Außerdem gelten die Niederschlagswerte des Nachbarortes für mich nicht.
☔️
Regen kann sich je nach Landschaft sehr unterscheidlich verhalten.Mehr dazu: https://climatejustice.social/@permakultur/112854342185692215
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Außerdem gelten die Niederschlagswerte des Nachbarortes für mich nicht.
☔️
Regen kann sich je nach Landschaft sehr unterscheidlich verhalten.Mehr dazu: https://climatejustice.social/@permakultur/112854342185692215
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Ich dachte meine Wiese nimmt genug Wasser auf und dass ich keinen Wassergraben bräuchte.
Aber man muss bedenken:
Der #Klimawandel tut was er tut.D.h. es wird öfter zu langen Trockenzeiten kommen.
Die Trokenzeiten sorgen für härtere Böden.
Die härteren Böden können dann das Wasser der ebenfalls öfter vorkommenden Starkregen nicht mehr gut aufnehmen. -
Ein paar Stunden später. #Swale in die Wiese gehackt.
Ich freu mich auf den nächsten Regen.
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Mit einem sogenannten A-Frame kann man mit sehr einfachen Mitteln eine Höhenmeter-Linie/Geländekontur auf dem Grundstück ermitteln.
Der A-Frame ist quasi die Wasserwaage für‘s Gelände.
Damit verwandte #Permakultur Themen:
#Swale #KeylineDesign #Wasserretentionsgraben -
Mit einem sogenannten A-Frame kann man mit sehr einfachen Mitteln eine Höhenmeter-Linie/Geländekontur auf dem Grundstück ermitteln.
Der A-Frame ist quasi die Wasserwaage für‘s Gelände.
Damit verwandte #Permakultur Themen:
#Swale #KeylineDesign #Wasserretentionsgraben -
Mit einem sogenannten A-Frame kann man mit sehr einfachen Mitteln eine Höhenmeter-Linie/Geländekontur auf dem Grundstück ermitteln.
Der A-Frame ist quasi die Wasserwaage für‘s Gelände.
Damit verwandte #Permakultur Themen:
#Swale #KeylineDesign #Wasserretentionsgraben -
Mit einem sogenannten A-Frame kann man mit sehr einfachen Mitteln eine Höhenmeter-Linie/Geländekontur auf dem Grundstück ermitteln.
Der A-Frame ist quasi die Wasserwaage für‘s Gelände.
Damit verwandte #Permakultur Themen:
#Swale #KeylineDesign #Wasserretentionsgraben -
Mit einem sogenannten A-Frame kann man mit sehr einfachen Mitteln eine Höhenmeter-Linie/Geländekontur auf dem Grundstück ermitteln.
Der A-Frame ist quasi die Wasserwaage für‘s Gelände.
Damit verwandte #Permakultur Themen:
#Swale #KeylineDesign #Wasserretentionsgraben -
Acequia de canalización de agua llena de piedras y madera, a un lado aromáticas míticas secano, (RSTL) y derecha espárragos(sembrados hace 2 años). Zona de división entre dos zonas de huertas. Granao creciendo, (él y las aromáticas llevan riego), los olivos tienen ahora compis.
#swale #permacultura #secano #aromaticas
#lavanda #tomillo #romero -
Acequia de canalización de agua llena de piedras y madera, a un lado aromáticas míticas secano, (RSTL) y derecha espárragos(sembrados hace 2 años). Zona de división entre dos zonas de huertas. Granao creciendo, (él y las aromáticas llevan riego), los olivos tienen ahora compis.
#swale #permacultura #secano #aromaticas
#lavanda #tomillo #romero -
Acequia de canalización de agua llena de piedras y madera, a un lado aromáticas míticas secano, (RSTL) y derecha espárragos(sembrados hace 2 años). Zona de división entre dos zonas de huertas. Granao creciendo, (él y las aromáticas llevan riego), los olivos tienen ahora compis.
#swale #permacultura #secano #aromaticas
#lavanda #tomillo #romero -
Come on Twitter, do your thing ❤️
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RT @AdoptionsUk
Please retweet to HELP FIND THE OWNER OF THIS DOG FOUND #SWALE #KENT #UKAged approx 18 months - 4years. Thought to have been a beloved pet in the past. He could be missing form another region, please share widely.
DETAILS 👇
https://facebook.com/swalestraydogs
☎️01795417850
#Dogs #pets
https://twitter.com/AdoptionsUk/status/1622524014148169729 -
I really enjoyed the unseasonably warm #FirstDayHike weather. Blizzard conditions last week at this time. #Dune and #swale topography, lots of friendly hikers. My companion, Pippa #DogsOfMastodon
Indiana Dunes State Park #HoosierMast -
Dziękuję wszystkim uczestnikom zagadki! 💚 Oto rozwiązanie zagadki 🌱 📣 - wersja długa, z wyjaśnieniem: Zazwyczaj orkę robi się wzdłuż pola - tak jest najłatwiej (bo wykonuje się mniej nawrotów pługiem). Ale gdy występuje duże nachylenie terenu orka wzdłuż pola przyśpiesza spływ wody z pola po deszczu, co nie tylko utrudnia retencję wody (ważną dla zapewnienia zapasu wody na czas suszy), ale też niszczy strukturę gruzełkowatą gleby. W trakcie ulewy woda płynie strumieniami, a po zakończeniu deszczu widać wyraźnie ślady po szybko spływającej wodzie. Aby temu zaradzić można zaorać pole wzdłuż warstwic - innymi słowy prostopadle do spadku terenu - wtedy w przypadku ulewnego deszczu (a na wiosnę również w przypadku spływu wody z topniejącego śniegu) woda o wiele wolniej spływa w dół, a więc nie niszczy powierzchni gleby i na dłużej zostaje w ziemi. Tak właśnie było w przypadku pola uwiecznionego na naszym zdjęciu. Pole zostało zaorane skośnie do granic działki, bo tak akurat przebiega spadek terenu na polu.
Do tego posta dodajemy krótki cytat z podręcznika pt. "Ziemia, która żywi. Kurs rolnictwa ekologicznego" (link do podręcznika: http://ziarno.grzybow.pl/images/publikacje/projektowe/Ziemia_ktora_zywi.pdf), strona 59.
Dla zainteresowanych: rozwinięciem koncepcji uprawy roli wzdłuż warstwic jest popularna w permakulturze koncepcja wałów konturowych (ang. swale). Wał konturowy też tworzony jest wzdłuż warstwic (tj. konturów - tak jak na mapie hipsometrycznej), tyle że robiony jest o wiele bardziej dokładnie i pieczołowicie.
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