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Commenced:
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01/04/2011 |
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Submitted:
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07/04/2011 |
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Last updated:
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07/10/2015 |
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Location:
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Franklin/Nashville, TN - Southeast Bioregion, US |
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Climate zone:
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Cool Temperate |
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Back to Shepherd's House (Nashville) Nemenhah PermaVillage
Project: Shepherd's House (Nashville) Nemenhah PermaVillage
Posted by Chief Phillip 'Cloudpiler' Landis over 13 years ago
At Shepherd's House, the problem quickly made itself clear. The old farmhouse had been buit at the base of a hill and the runoff from the rain was running right into the cellar. The foundation was showing signs that could turn into real structural problems if nothing was done.
The obvious solution was a curtain drain (should have been done when the house was built really), but the hill behind the house would continue to be useless and a runoff problem. The Shepherds' House Chapter of Nemenhah decided to use the runoff by setting up three Keyline berm and swale systems along the hill, and by planning a small dam that will divert excess water into a water feature to attract birds, reptiles, amphibians and benificial insects to the site. Of course, a curtain drain will be installed at the base of the hill to insure that absolutely no overage finds its way into the cellar.
The result, food production and the addition of a self-maintaining water feature, control of runoff, and the beginnings of a Permaculture Demonstration site.
We need to be careful to remember the principles of stacking, even when a solution comes quickly to mind. A curtain drain would have done the job. But while we're at it, let's solve the cause and not just the symptom. Everybody, and everything wins.
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