The Longneckers land is mostly sandy with zero rocks, and very little clay, while ours is very very rocky with 5-6 feet of alluvial wash material on top which is about 30% clay. ( we are very close to a mountain directly north east of us). We will eventually install a berm and swale, since they are proven to work, but it's a little different situation with all of the rock and clay we have here. Since it percolates so slowly. It does seem counter intuitive to want it to flood plane out (rather than channeling) but getting as many plants to grow first is a great way to increase the percolation ability of our ground.
🇦🇺Reminds me of a man in Africa that developed the land in his community into a lush food producing haven while other areas suffered famine. He used a very old African technique of digging shallow basins for trees to grow in etc. I believe he was recognised for his work by his government. Firstly, he did most of the work himself but when community saw the benefits they also joined in…it’s now gone from barren land to areas full with birds, insects, etc. He now helps other communities and aid workers from other countries to help communities suffering drought. Thank you for what you are doing in your little patch of earth. I’m sure you are encouraged by the rewards you are seeing from this labour intensive project. 🥰🥰🥰
i like your guys project videos 1 project start to finish. building rock dams video, building driveway video, whatever it is just each interesting project gets a video. keep them coming i enjoy each of your updates.
Nice dams. Consider adding some small diversions channels off the rivers into some half moons(like they do in Africa) which can hold more of the water and allow more infiltration. You can grow more plants around and in the half-moons. It will be quicker to regenerate most of the land.
Love y'alls work, I am a follow checkdam junkie. I am on an open range on a sagebrush steppe, I am kinda jealous of your square rocks, I have round glacial rocks. I love rock daming cowtrails and turning them into mini, effortless swales. Luckily, my local cowboys have figured out how to graze the cows in a regenerative manor.
I was trying to peep Charzan in this video and wouldn’t you know, a Gila monster instead. Homestead is coming along guys! Love seeing your new friends ❤
Like the "water-healers" of antiquity. Not only did they realize water's benefits on the body, they were responsible for building canals, redirecting water to prevent flooding, etc. They actually built the intercoastal waterways along our coasts and the canal system in Wales, Ireland and Great Britain. They were a sect within the Phoenicians and called themselves the Ashaya-Nasir.
The dustups ranch is using wood drops to protect new growth from animals. I thought that was cool. Moisture barrier on top protection plus artificial beaver damns with wood and grasses.
Hey anything done to help stop the erosion is a good thing especially going over the road. Do not need big wash outs there lol. Berms and swales will also help with it and allow plant growth as well . Keep the videos coming.
We will definitely be utilizing some berms and swales following the land contours. The driveway follows the land contours pretty closely, so we think it would work and continue to green our land
@@farmyourbackyard2023 thank you for the suggestions! 🙏🏻 We will check the channel out. Plans are to fence the entire property to flip that but don’t have the funds quite yet.
Introduce pampas grass. Over time you can line the driveway with it. It will keep your roadway intact. Cost effective also plus you can break it up and redistribute it to control erosion.
😎🤠🤔💁♂There is a couple things I learned so far this year on BLM Camp lots: 1 the clay soil, can be baked in campfire, for road brinks, but simi permanent, as the bricks will likely break down to road base. 2 There is no stopping water erosion: but grass will help, reduce the silt, like bird feathers. ~ {Silt will smother the life of desert plants/crust top soil}. 😎😎🤠💁♂I am using old pallets as rock sifting buffers: that has proven to stop, dead organic compost matter, from build up, and causing a roller dam effect, over the rocks. ((Pallets also good to mark where/Center Blocks, layer sideways)), for simi permanent road bridge. 😎😎😎💁♂Correct: {if you try to stop water} in sand, it will erode under the rock. 🤠🤔🤔💁♂Ok: (9:25) so when you see Shell rock chips: that is from {{deep erosion, from a flash flooding}} ~ those areas, you will have to get a ((hitch trench cleaner attachment made up, to keep a Main Control Channel from overspilling & keep all rock out of)). (10:25) Correct: so you built mini Center Block bridges that are glued together; so if it shifts during flash flooding, the whole block will get wedged and blow out a new side stream first, before crashing into your [rectangle bridge with plenty of extended block for inlet and outlets].
If your slowing water down that goes past your home then your going to cause flooding . It would be better to install a pipe so the water can flow under your driveway and not puddle up at all. Unless that water isn't the same flow you showed at the start of the vid.
We will have to use some culverts to move water past and away from the dome, but we don't want to use them everywhere because they tend to fill with sediment quickly here. Also, culverts won't stop erosion farther down the path of water flow. We have a lot of acres, and any water we can put back into the ground is a plus. Great comment!
Not only did we have it surveyed, we had it analyzed by a hydrologist who does floodplain engineering for multi million dollar projects all over Arizona. The thing about this land is there is enough topography as well as a natural drainage canyon from the mountain behind us that keeps everything comparatively high and dry. We have a 50ft deep canonized arroyo that if it wasn't there we would be underwater after every rain. What you are seeing in this video is just typical sheeting from the rain that is landing on those high spots and running back down to the low spots. The goal is a check dam is to encourage vegetation to grow by slowing down that water movement, which looks crazy but it's very healthy for the desert landscape.
Nice place But don’t lose your mind You don’t stop Mother Nature You learn to work with it Adapt to it As you have with your domes But if you choose lower lying ground to build on, you will suffer the consequences when mother nature decides to turn loose And soil has been changing locations for billions of years wind rain earth quakes volcanic activity and all with out your input Rains will come and go So create a drainage system that can accommodate your run off so it doesn’t concentrate into one area generating a larger force than the local vegetation can handle dissipate the runoff break it up scattered out and the rocks are a good idea
As land stewards it's our responsibility to disrupt natural erosion. It's cool to protect your road/driveway, but it's not some noble act for Gaia, lolz.
The erosion is not natural at all. It's caused by cattle overgrazing for many years without regenerating the grass, which then causes loose dirt that easily washes away in a monsoon. This might seem like small steps but this is how land gets restored slowly over time. I mean grants are given out to do these types of dams because it reverses desertification. 30 years ago this was all lush grassy land.
Dude love the desert rain question , why don’t you dig a real pond , those little swells bitty damns don’t do it come on bro dig deep I’ve done ponds that took me months by hand
The object is to hold the soil close to the property I and allow the water to recharge groundwater instead of flowing away. This was j he ow it worked before over grazing. Note the emphasis on natural process leveling the terrain instead of eroding it.
The erosion here is not actually natural. Irs cause by overgrazing cattle for many years, which are not native to this area at all. This whole parcel used to be grassland, which provides natural erosion prevention, and reintroducing native species of grass is the best way to prevent even more desertification, and put water back into the ground where it once was
We can't wait to reveal how we are building out the interior, trust me it's going to be unique! But a big part of the channel is following us along in real time, and we have to earn money as we build as well. In a perfect world i would be finished with the inside already, but with just the two of us it's gonna take a few months! Thanks for the comment and hopefully you keep watching to see it come together.
One inch of rain here can cause serious damage, there is very little grass to keep the ground from moving right out from under us. It's not the worst but this monsoon trapped is on our land for 3 days until we could get the road bulldozed back into shape. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Tiny shiny home also has a homestead in AZ and they built a series of berms and swales to help regenerate their land and manage water runoff.
The Longneckers land is mostly sandy with zero rocks, and very little clay, while ours is very very rocky with 5-6 feet of alluvial wash material on top which is about 30% clay. ( we are very close to a mountain directly north east of us). We will eventually install a berm and swale, since they are proven to work, but it's a little different situation with all of the rock and clay we have here. Since it percolates so slowly. It does seem counter intuitive to want it to flood plane out (rather than channeling) but getting as many plants to grow first is a great way to increase the percolation ability of our ground.
Thanks for the comment and suggestion BTW, we appreciate all the feedback and info we can get at this point!
Flooding is way better than chanels@@markmayhem2173
Check out the awesome water control created by Mojave domes out of hyperadobe!
Ooo, cannot wait to try the Magic Mind!
Love to see the progress, you two!
🇦🇺Reminds me of a man in Africa that developed the land in his community into a lush food producing haven while other areas suffered famine. He used a very old African technique of digging shallow basins for trees to grow in etc. I believe he was recognised for his work by his government. Firstly, he did most of the work himself but when community saw the benefits they also joined in…it’s now gone from barren land to areas full with birds, insects, etc. He now helps other communities and aid workers from other countries to help communities suffering drought. Thank you for what you are doing in your little patch of earth. I’m sure you are encouraged by the rewards you are seeing from this labour intensive project. 🥰🥰🥰
Congrats on your new growth. This is an exciting development
i like your guys project videos 1 project start to finish. building rock dams video, building driveway video, whatever it is just each interesting project gets a video. keep them coming i enjoy each of your updates.
You should build a 3 foot thick stone wall to reduce the water damage near your house with stabilized mud mortar with stones for a flood wall
That is literally my exact plan! It should also limit the possibility of snakes getting into the house!
Very resourceful using your owned land to help mitigate these flooding issues. Nice video!
Nice dams. Consider adding some small diversions channels off the rivers into some half moons(like they do in Africa) which can hold more of the water and allow more infiltration. You can grow more plants around and in the half-moons. It will be quicker to regenerate most of the land.
We still have so much more rock work to do, but definitely will be using many 'medualunas' as well as 'zuni bowls'
Love y'alls work, I am a follow checkdam junkie. I am on an open range on a sagebrush steppe, I am kinda jealous of your square rocks, I have round glacial rocks. I love rock daming cowtrails and turning them into mini, effortless swales.
Luckily, my local cowboys have figured out how to graze the cows in a regenerative manor.
Excited for you guys and to follow your journey …. This really makes me happy and fresh hope for humanity. #hopeinhumanityrestored
Love the video. Would love to see the neighbors property. Cheers
Our neighbors check dam project is spectacular, we can't wait to film it, likely after this monsoon season!
Plant some trees at your ponding areas to shade the water areas also
I was trying to peep Charzan in this video and wouldn’t you know, a Gila monster instead. Homestead is coming along guys! Love seeing your new friends ❤
I really like your property and what you have worked so hard to improve.
Like the "water-healers" of antiquity. Not only did they realize water's benefits on the body, they were responsible for building canals, redirecting water to prevent flooding, etc. They actually built the intercoastal waterways along our coasts and the canal system in Wales, Ireland and Great Britain. They were a sect within the Phoenicians and called themselves the Ashaya-Nasir.
Consider using gabions as if it were a more orderly rock dam
I also like the look of gabion cages!
Very cool
Nice work, hopefully it will hold and not wash anything out, we just got a 12” rain in 24 hours so hopefully that won’t happen to you ever!
what about trying some zuni bowls? i think it might do some great soil and water slowing /collecting
Awesome work!! 💪🏼
@@MollyFarris-q7u thanks my love! 😘
14:00 I ❤ your door
The dustups ranch is using wood drops to protect new growth from animals. I thought that was cool. Moisture barrier on top protection plus artificial beaver damns with wood and grasses.
Berms and swales…..Tiny Shiny Home…..
Hey anything done to help stop the erosion is a good thing especially going over the road. Do not need big wash outs there lol. Berms and swales will also help with it and allow plant growth as well . Keep the videos coming.
That’s what I call a clickbait video lol , love the update , more stuff like that would be great Learned a lot about rock dams ❤
@@navnsticks4748 haha I’m glad you enjoyed it friend! ;) more to come.
How many rocks does it take to make a dam? Are the rocks heavy?
Not heavy at all, especially once I sprinkle them with a little hover powder. I can't count high enough to know how many rocks though 😂
@@markmayhem2173 Aunt Becky's magic pancake powder.
If I were you, I'd be praying for more that rain.
Just curius how is it living in there? DOES IT FEEL FLIMSY? do u smell any foamyness, and just wondering could u make the dome bigger if i wanted?
Oh yeah the reason they call it flood plain
Where did you get the netted top? I need one of those.
@@tinyplaceofpeace Amazon :) works great for bug season!
@@BisboneRanch Thanks
@@BisboneRanchwhat bugs are there where you are? Are they very wild and crazy to bite you?
Have you thought about berm and swales in addition?
We will definitely be utilizing some berms and swales following the land contours. The driveway follows the land contours pretty closely, so we think it would work and continue to green our land
Berms and swales
Are you guys wearing bug net shirts? What's that about?
Monsoon seasons brings noseeums for a few weeks, those things itch!
The problem is the solution. Cattle overgrazing? How can you flip that? Andrew Mollison's channel may have some clues!
@@farmyourbackyard2023 thank you for the suggestions! 🙏🏻 We will check the channel out. Plans are to fence the entire property to flip that but don’t have the funds quite yet.
Move back to the city . As a kid we had a saying I'm moving to Califa .
Introduce pampas grass. Over time you can line the driveway with it. It will keep your roadway intact. Cost effective also plus you can break it up and redistribute it to control erosion.
We will definitely look into that! The native species that are growing are already starting to help
Very good idea, would love grass work too?
Please don't plant invasive grasses. Native only
There are other native grasses in your area I am sure. Just saying. Did not mean to offend anyone.
😎🤠🤔💁♂There is a couple things I learned so far this year on BLM Camp lots: 1 the clay soil, can be baked in campfire, for road brinks, but simi permanent, as the bricks will likely break down to road base.
2 There is no stopping water erosion: but grass will help, reduce the silt, like bird feathers. ~ {Silt will smother the life of desert plants/crust top soil}.
😎😎🤠💁♂I am using old pallets as rock sifting buffers: that has proven to stop, dead organic compost matter, from build up, and causing a roller dam effect, over the rocks.
((Pallets also good to mark where/Center Blocks, layer sideways)), for simi permanent road bridge.
😎😎😎💁♂Correct: {if you try to stop water} in sand, it will erode under the rock.
🤠🤔🤔💁♂Ok: (9:25) so when you see Shell rock chips: that is from {{deep erosion, from a flash flooding}} ~ those areas, you will have to get a ((hitch trench cleaner attachment made up, to keep a Main Control Channel from overspilling & keep all rock out of)).
(10:25) Correct: so you built mini Center Block bridges that are glued together; so if it shifts during flash flooding, the whole block will get wedged and blow out a new side stream first, before crashing into your [rectangle bridge with plenty of extended block for inlet and outlets].
If your slowing water down that goes past your home then your going to cause flooding . It would be better to install a pipe so the water can flow under your driveway and not puddle up at all. Unless that water isn't the same flow you showed at the start of the vid.
We will have to use some culverts to move water past and away from the dome, but we don't want to use them everywhere because they tend to fill with sediment quickly here. Also, culverts won't stop erosion farther down the path of water flow. We have a lot of acres, and any water we can put back into the ground is a plus. Great comment!
Did u not think to survey your land before building?? I can see just from the opening shot where you are at and it's going to happen more than once.
Not only did we have it surveyed, we had it analyzed by a hydrologist who does floodplain engineering for multi million dollar projects all over Arizona. The thing about this land is there is enough topography as well as a natural drainage canyon from the mountain behind us that keeps everything comparatively high and dry. We have a 50ft deep canonized arroyo that if it wasn't there we would be underwater after every rain. What you are seeing in this video is just typical sheeting from the rain that is landing on those high spots and running back down to the low spots. The goal is a check dam is to encourage vegetation to grow by slowing down that water movement, which looks crazy but it's very healthy for the desert landscape.
You need ancient tech, stilt house for this
Nice place
But don’t lose your mind
You don’t stop Mother Nature
You learn to work with it
Adapt to it
As you have with your domes
But if you choose lower lying ground to build on, you will suffer the consequences when mother nature decides to turn loose
And soil has been changing locations for billions of years wind rain earth quakes volcanic activity and all with out your input
Rains will come and go
So create a drainage system that can accommodate your run off so it doesn’t concentrate into one area generating a larger force than the local vegetation can handle dissipate the runoff break it up scattered out and the rocks are a good idea
Fool's playing God!
As land stewards it's our responsibility to disrupt natural erosion. It's cool to protect your road/driveway, but it's not some noble act for Gaia, lolz.
The erosion is not natural at all. It's caused by cattle overgrazing for many years without regenerating the grass, which then causes loose dirt that easily washes away in a monsoon. This might seem like small steps but this is how land gets restored slowly over time. I mean grants are given out to do these types of dams because it reverses desertification. 30 years ago this was all lush grassy land.
Dude love the desert rain question , why don’t you dig a real pond , those little swells bitty damns don’t do it come on bro dig deep I’ve done ponds that took me months by hand
Why would you try to prevent a natural event unless trying to protect your house..
The object is to hold the soil close to the property I and allow the water to recharge groundwater instead of flowing away. This was j he ow it worked before over grazing. Note the emphasis on natural process leveling the terrain instead of eroding it.
The erosion here is not actually natural. Irs cause by overgrazing cattle for many years, which are not native to this area at all. This whole parcel used to be grassland, which provides natural erosion prevention, and reintroducing native species of grass is the best way to prevent even more desertification, and put water back into the ground where it once was
Not prevent, manage.
Why won't you show us how you have decorated the dome inside that would be satisfying not seeing the outside for the full video comon guys
We can't wait to reveal how we are building out the interior, trust me it's going to be unique! But a big part of the channel is following us along in real time, and we have to earn money as we build as well. In a perfect world i would be finished with the inside already, but with just the two of us it's gonna take a few months! Thanks for the comment and hopefully you keep watching to see it come together.
You are in a flood plain so 🤔
Build on stilts
what does it feel like to live in a toxic house?
and have nosebleeds every day in the future.
@@MRMayko1 lmao feels great thanks for asking.
Oh no, a whole 1 inch of flooding what will you do? Drama queen
One inch of rain here can cause serious damage, there is very little grass to keep the ground from moving right out from under us. It's not the worst but this monsoon trapped is on our land for 3 days until we could get the road bulldozed back into shape. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Sooooo it wasnt destroyed. I si dislike false claims for views.
First time on the internet?
Clickbait so I am gone from this channel forever.
Ok drama queen.