Garden swales

How to Construct a Swale in the Residential Landscape: A permaculture swale is a tool for capturing and storing water in a garden. Learn how to build a swale in the residential landscape. #permaculture #gardenplanning #garden #planning #tools

A rain garden dry stream bed.

A permaculture swale is a technique that captures water for irrigation and slowing runoff. Learn what a swale is and why you might need one in your yard.

When most of us think of rainwater capture, we think of rain barrels, tanks, or cisterns. That’s ok, but it presents a couple of problems—cost and space. Installing a storage system that holds a meaningful amount of water gets expensive. It would also take a proportionally large amount of

It's a beautiful flower bed—and a reservoir for yard and roof runoff

A permaculture swale can be an important feature in the productive garden or earth-friendly yard because it helps to slow, store, and spread water. Learn all about the technical, nitty-gritty details of building a permaculture swale: How to choose an appropriate site/location, and how to build it. Don’t forget to grab your FREE DOWNLOAD: How to Build a Swale to Capture Roof Water Quick Start Guide at the end of the article.

How to Construct a Swale in the Residential Landscape: Capturing water in the landscape is often the easiest and most efficient way to store it. Swales help us do that. Learn how to choose the best site for a swale and how to build one.:

Stepped Mini-Swales. I haven't seen this "technique" before, has anyone used it?

A swale, a pretty word for ditch or trench, carries and slows runoff water, improving its...

There are many swale landscaping ideas that will also beautify the garden and help manage run-off, including a swale. Get the Know How here.

A seminar will teach you how to create this natural way to control runoff in your yard

Everything you need to know about making swales in your permaculture garden to capture rainwater for your food forest.

By Alicia Springer, UC Master Gardener of Butte County, November 2, 2018 When that first light rain fell over our region in early October, a collective sigh of relief fell as well.

Does your yard look like a mini lake after a heavy rain? Do your plants and lawn struggle to grow because of wet areas? Do you have erosion and migrating soil and mulch? If your yard doesn't effectively drain during wet periods, you've got drainage problems. However, you'll be happy…

Catching water in the landscape is often more efficient than using rain barrels. Here's how rainwater harvesting transformed my front yard garden.

Swale still needs more small rocks but almost done.

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With these 11 inspiring solutions, your landscape can stay beautiful while avoiding damage from heavy rains.

Contour gardening is a way to use the land's topography to manage water and grow more easily on a slope. Here's how to utilize the contour in your garden.

dreamy drainage swale garden