Welcome to part 4 of our permaculture project series. Still, a bit to do on our large swale. Should we add swales to our food forest too?
Hi there 🙂 We’re Marc & Allys, a couple of left the UK in search of somewhere we could build a homestead, live more self sufficiently, off the grid and connect with nature. This led us to the beautiful Alentejo region in Portugal.
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I'm following someone else who is in Portugal too. Maybe interesting for you, he started a permaculture project. The Dutch Farmer is his youtube channel.
There is also hugelkultur, where you find swales that involve little or no digging. Wet swales can be expensive and may make access to the land more complicated. Also with dry swales you can improve rocky terrain. Good luck-. Abraço.
This is really, really interesting to follow. And you are explaining so well, thank you. I look forward to seeing your next step. All the best to you both.
Perhaps a digging fork and bar would be a good alternative to a sand shovel
Nice to see some progress, the rocky ground need probably a different digging tool, well at least you know about it to better deal with it in future project, it is looking good keep up the hard work.thanks for sharing.
That rock just under the ground is going to be challenging. Does the water soak through over time? How is that papaya tree doing after taping it back together?