I recently watched a video in which "creative kraaling" was used in Namibia to address exactly the type of gully erosion in your first frame. Wonderfully fat and glossy cattle were corralled for a short time and their hoof action and movement evened out the area. Once the animal engineers had done, the newly fertilized soil could be reseeded with native grass. I would supply a title but can't find it! I really enjoyed your film - there is something deeply satisfying about such clever low tech solutions! The video I watched is called 'The Power of Raindrops'.
Media Luna, One Rock Dams, and Rock Run-Downs. We've seen a lot of similar erosion in the Western States of the US, and found that using locally-sourced material, like the abundant rock, is very effective if you apply it correctly.
All of the vegetation and native plants have been cleared. This causes the soil to release and become soft and loose as water flows quickly over. Combinations of stone and natural vegetation should remedy the issue completely and indefinitely.
The problem in most of the world isn't a lack of water. The problem is poor water management. Everyone wants to use the water, but nobody shows even the slightest interest in harvesting water. It isn't required, spoken about, or put into action. Billions of gallons of rainwater fall every year, and it is channeled away as if it was unwanted garbage rather being captured for later use, or to percolate into the soil to replenish groundwater. Harvesting water isn't rocket science. It is ancient technology. Digging ponds, swales, Zai pits and other water harvesting techniques are restoring wastelands and desert areas around the world today, transforming them into green, productive lands, yet we do nothing and wonder where all our water went. We could change the world with a little shovel work, but instead we seem to be satisfied with our ignorance and laziness. We can become better land managers and prosper, or we can wither away and die. It is not fate. It is a choice.
This is an excellent video. Thank you. But I have a related question. Here it is. I have been doing this on my land for about 50 years and have a fairly mature dense working system of about 25 acres of pasture. I have posted writings about it and MANY videos for the last 12 years at least. I have traveled physically to the Alps and to Portugal for the purpose of studying it and posted about those trips, first having seen it in Peru and Senegal. I have traveled endlessly on line studying whatever I could find about acequias, levadas, bisses, Suonen, Andenes, socalcos, terraced landscapes -- all part of contoured farming and gardening. WHY? do my posts have so few views when a fine one like this one, within a month has 6.3 K views? I am NOT jealous, but I wonder why it is SOOO difficult to get the word out. See, for example one of my most watched videos. ruclips.net/video/4P60vrSfrGs/видео.html If there is ANY way to promote this technique you would be doing Gaia a great favor to share it.
I am just as surprised as you. Maybe it's in the titles. Most of my other videos have less than 100 views. I tried hard during our drought to push this stuff in preparation for when the drought broke but there wasn't much interest. All we can do is keep trying. BTW did you subscribe? I'll share the love.
I recently watched a video in which "creative kraaling" was used in Namibia to address exactly the type of gully erosion in your first frame. Wonderfully fat and glossy cattle were corralled for a short time and their hoof action and movement evened out the area. Once the animal engineers had done, the newly fertilized soil could be reseeded with native grass. I would supply a title but can't find it! I really enjoyed your film - there is something deeply satisfying about such clever low tech solutions!
The video I watched is called 'The Power of Raindrops'.
@@Annikilou thank you, there are so many simple things we can do that only cost labour.
Wonderful stuff 👏👏
Thank you! Cheers!
Media Luna, One Rock Dams, and Rock Run-Downs. We've seen a lot of similar erosion in the Western States of the US, and found that using locally-sourced material, like the abundant rock, is very effective if you apply it correctly.
Great information. 😊😊😊
Thanks, some techniques are very interesting and very effective.
4:20 could be fixed simply by stopping actively destroying the area with overgrazing.
All of the vegetation and native plants have been cleared. This causes the soil to release and become soft and loose as water flows quickly over. Combinations of stone and natural vegetation should remedy the issue completely and indefinitely.
Yes, you are right
The problem in most of the world isn't a lack of water. The problem is poor water management. Everyone wants to use the water, but nobody shows even the slightest interest in harvesting water. It isn't required, spoken about, or put into action. Billions of gallons of rainwater fall every year, and it is channeled away as if it was unwanted garbage rather being captured for later use, or to percolate into the soil to replenish groundwater. Harvesting water isn't rocket science. It is ancient technology. Digging ponds, swales, Zai pits and other water harvesting techniques are restoring wastelands and desert areas around the world today, transforming them into green, productive lands, yet we do nothing and wonder where all our water went. We could change the world with a little shovel work, but instead we seem to be satisfied with our ignorance and laziness. We can become better land managers and prosper, or we can wither away and die. It is not fate. It is a choice.
This is an excellent video. Thank you. But I have a related question. Here it is. I have been doing this on my land for about 50 years and have a fairly mature dense working system of about 25 acres of pasture. I have posted writings about it and MANY videos for the last 12 years at least. I have traveled physically to the Alps and to Portugal for the purpose of studying it and posted about those trips, first having seen it in Peru and Senegal. I have traveled endlessly on line studying whatever I could find about acequias, levadas, bisses, Suonen, Andenes, socalcos, terraced landscapes -- all part of contoured farming and gardening. WHY? do my posts have so few views when a fine one like this one, within a month has 6.3 K views? I am NOT jealous, but I wonder why it is SOOO difficult to get the word out. See, for example one of my most watched videos. ruclips.net/video/4P60vrSfrGs/видео.html If there is ANY way to promote this technique you would be doing Gaia a great favor to share it.
I am just as surprised as you. Maybe it's in the titles. Most of my other videos have less than 100 views. I tried hard during our drought to push this stuff in preparation for when the drought broke but there wasn't much interest. All we can do is keep trying. BTW did you subscribe? I'll share the love.