Your continuing progress on the project is very nice to witness. And your continuing positivity is very welcome. Especially here in the darkness of the USA. Thank you and can’t wait to see what’s next for you.
Man, I’m so impressed by how well your earth works actually work! I don’t think extra swails are needed; some of the paths will start to function as swails & channels. The only thing you might be able to do, is a last pond in the corner at the bottom of your property (northwest?), as a last point where you can catch water before it leaves your land.
Perfect rain for testing all of your swales systems Martin. Much like a human circulatory system now. I'm thinking if you get all of the herra cleared on the western end of the farm, you will see opportunities for one or two more swales and maybe another soaking pond. Between what sheet flows down the hillside and what the westerly canal now delivers to that slope, I suspect you have adequate supply. I base that observance on the amount of water that is leaving the farm at the north westerly corner. THe goal of any construction on that slope would be to contain that water of infiltration much higher on the slope. ✅
@@SuerteDelMolinoFarm Well in this case, "higher" means some point above the lowest elevation in the northwest corner of the farm. In fact, it just occurred to me that you may be able to dig a shallow well (sump) with the Giraffe (2-3 meters deep?) line with brick or stone that would collect water ~9 months out of the year. WIth a solar pump system, you could use a simple sump pump to deliver water to a pond somewhere upslope. You could also feed a swale with your large diameter pipes from close to the top of your dog food bag dam heading westerly. You could try that now to get water out of the creek bed and onto the land before the next rain. Tis diversion would also take pressure off the dam. A simple experiment to imagine what is possible? A potential Win Win ? 😉
7:08 what about paper bags of cement? the plastic bags are too slippery that's probably why they move, at least the cement bags will set hard and become concrete, plus they will make sturdy bridges.
I would say the water engineering all coming together is indeed a good achievement! You should be proud that you have worked with nature so effectively. Your land is obviously very happy! The farm looks so lush and verdant. It's lovely!
Let me suggest the fatal flaw with the dog food bags was their orientation to the flow. You had them oriented with the long side of the bag perpendicular to the flow. I will suggest restacking the bags with the sort end of the bag perpendicular to the flow. If you make that adjustment, use a level to insure the bags lean into the flow (do not have a downstream pitch), flatten each layer of bags with a tamper and stagger the joints vertically, you will have a good outcome. No need to restock the entire dam. You can probably accomplish this much before the next rain arrives. The next step should this arrangement fail is pinning the bags together with vertical rebar driven through the bags and into the creek bottom. For the record, You have accomplished so much toward slowing, spreading and sinking the water on your farm it is remarkable. As you might guess, my markers are the release on once pruned oaks from the fall of 23. In almost every shoot location I see at least one healthy example of the next generation of oaks over two meters tall. Just about every where you walked the ground was saturated. CONGRATULATIONS! 👏
@@SuerteDelMolinoFarm Tape the open end of the bag closed. Position the open end of the bag pointing downstream. This simple adjustment will stop the bags from floating. If you have some pointy stones (maybe on your driveway?) you can sprinkle them on each layer as you build upward to lock the bags together. The best option is two strands of barbed wire running from end to end. Old rusty barbed wire from a disused fence will work just fine. These methods are used in earthbag wall construction.
For the dog food bag area you want a steep slope where the water stops and a slow slope behind supporting the entrance. So maybe three bags wide, then two, then one at the top, with the point being much closer to the water, but not vertical. Having the bags stack lengthways in the direction of the water will help too, they can not rotate that way, that way they hold up much more pressure 😁
Is your cistern or well holding water now, all full? Amazing to see all the green, if I hadn't seen previous videos before, I wouldn't believe you live in a dry area. Beautiful to see!
Wouldn’t this be the perfect time to hire a professional to pump all the sediment out of the qanat cistern? You have the highest water table to aid the pumping and fill in the new capacity. The increased cistern capacity will guard against future drought.
@jptracy1 Thank you for your response and the video about the status. I enjoy seeing all the green from the harvest of water. I will continue to watch and always give you a thumbs up. I appreciate sharing your journey with you.
Thank you so much for your detailed description of your water distribution diversions etc. Your swales and canals are doing their jobs! I have been fascinated by these Rain videos. Congratulations! All of your calculations and hard work have proven so successful, with the coming of the water! You may well be very proud! Thanks for explaining it all, I have learned so much by seeing your system in action, in this real-time, evolving set of videos. All Blessings to You. 💜💙💚💫
7:00 The area from your dam to the area were the green growth surrounds the eroded creek bed is the area I suggest you fill with bundles of compacted cistus. If you supply twine to the women doing the work, I suspect they would oblige because it makes carrying the herra easier. Pack it into the erosion gully as tight as you can with the bundles oriented in the same direction as water flow. The aim is to get as much water out of the creek channel as possible and stop the scour pool immediately below the dam from getting bigger. If you insert two one of your larger diameter pipes (two pipes screwed together into one long length) through the bag dam and headed westerly, you will be eliminating another large amount of rain from the creek depositing it on the land so it can sheet flow downhill through the grass. Between this test diversion and the canal leaving the western culvert distribution box, I believe you may successfully tame the creek. I hope you think it is worth a try. Suggestions on how to modify the dam simply so the bags do not slide in another part of the comments.
@@stevejohnstonbaugh9171 Please write this to me with drawings on a piece of paper Steve. Take pics with your camera and email it to me. I'm not that visual. I value and appreciate your suggestions.
Absolutely fantastic. Now you just need to record how long that water last, and when things start to go brown compared to your neighbours. Two points of consideration. The rain wont always be this polite, so looking out for potential trouble spots now might be worth your while. Too much water was an issue before. If the water is clear, then it has dropped silt in the system, which is great. Once it clears out, you'll have to see if any points need dredged, or next time they wont work so well. Gulleys you want to backfill with sediment, but canals and swales not so much.
I always knew that swales checked erosion, but it looks like in your case, they are also capturing soil/nutrients washed off the land above you. Amazing the change in clarity in the water from the top to the bottom of your land. Question for you, please. What are the plants you have placed in the part of the old erosion gully where the water goes underground? It is even amazing the decrease in turbidity between where the water goes underground and re-emerges.
Cross stack the sand bags, and put 12" of rebar through them to hold in place. Better bet is to use concrete bags, 12" rebar to secure together and be done with it.
Worth a try with the sand bags but that volume of water requires more mass and rebar for a long term solution. It’s getting to the level of small damn construction 😜
I see some potential spaces that you could put more ponds at which is at the highest flat parts of your land. Since you cant put swales there maybe putting some small ponds would be better
Amazingly, the dog bags never expected The berms next to the volleyball field maby bring it to the outer border of the higher ground you get more survis to collect just a thought 😊 And you ever think a bout pumpin water up ?
@@SuerteDelMolinoFarm Yeah, I already wondered what the mastermind was thinking 😄. Also because plastic will disintegrate over time (you don't want that in your water). Did you consider stones?
You should be proud, everything looks great. Congrats. Its seems you have a perfect place for a big pound just below your distribution pond, where you already have a mini pond, for the midle swale. You can consider to take down a few trees, even big ones, to build a big pond, without having to be constrain by existing vegetation. The benefits of a big pond will largely surpress the ones of a few trees.
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I believe it's the slipperiness of the plastic on plastic that made the sandbags fail.
@@b_lumenkraft Good one. You might be right. Thanks for sharing
@@SuerteDelMolinoFarm Yes, it certainly did not help.
@@SuerteDelMolinoFarm welcome. :)
Your continuing progress on the project is very nice to witness. And your continuing positivity is very welcome. Especially here in the darkness of the USA. Thank you and can’t wait to see what’s next for you.
@@markhoerner2354 Darkness in the USA? This is your golden era, or not? Thank you for allowing me a silly comment. Stay well. Come and visit
You are not alone my friend. 👍
Thanks for sharing your observations and thoughts. For the most part, everything looks good.
@@TimelineRanch Thank you
All of your infrastructure on this dry but not desolate land is admirable its beautiful good job its very nice to see
@@releventhurt Thanks for the sharing. Much appreciated
What a monumental acheivement Martin❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@mechanics4all405 Thank you so much
Superb. Enjoy the fruits of your labour.
@@jrh2u Thank you
Thank you for all these great updates!
@@jptracy1 You are welcome
3K!!!! Clearly the idea of You Tube volleyball has appeal. Loved all the footage. Just so so much water. You're land will be gorging itself for weeks.
WHat else can it be? Best guess I've heard so far!
@@richardmossfrance6353 I'm smiling from ear to ear. Thank you for sharing
Excellent to see what is happening!
@@ImpossibleSolution-k6w Thank you
Super Martín! Great job❤
More water on the way? That sounds so amazing. I wonder how this behaves now with more precipitation.
@@markus_selloi Let's see what comes down and how all behaves. Thank you for sharing
Man, I’m so impressed by how well your earth works actually work!
I don’t think extra swails are needed; some of the paths will start to function as swails & channels.
The only thing you might be able to do, is a last pond in the corner at the bottom of your property (northwest?), as a last point where you can catch water before it leaves your land.
@@MaartenAnna Sound advice. Thank you
Congratulations!, well done!!
I feel so much joy and happiness 🥲
@@YulkGhuit Yes. The joy fell from heaven. Thank you for sharing
Perfect rain for testing all of your swales systems Martin. Much like a human circulatory system now. I'm thinking if you get all of the herra cleared on the western end of the farm, you will see opportunities for one or two more swales and maybe another soaking pond. Between what sheet flows down the hillside and what the westerly canal now delivers to that slope, I suspect you have adequate supply. I base that observance on the amount of water that is leaving the farm at the north westerly corner. THe goal of any construction on that slope would be to contain that water of infiltration much higher on the slope. ✅
@@stevejohnstonbaugh9171 Higher we want but the water doesn't want to flow uphill. Ha ha. Thank you for sharing
@@SuerteDelMolinoFarm Well in this case, "higher" means some point above the lowest elevation in the northwest corner of the farm. In fact, it just occurred to me that you may be able to dig a shallow well (sump) with the Giraffe (2-3 meters deep?) line with brick or stone that would collect water ~9 months out of the year. WIth a solar pump system, you could use a simple sump pump to deliver water to a pond somewhere upslope.
You could also feed a swale with your large diameter pipes from close to the top of your dog food bag dam heading westerly. You could try that now to get water out of the creek bed and onto the land before the next rain. Tis diversion would also take pressure off the dam. A simple experiment to imagine what is possible? A potential Win Win ? 😉
7:08 what about paper bags of cement? the plastic bags are too slippery that's probably why they move, at least the cement bags will set hard and become concrete, plus they will make sturdy bridges.
@@attermire2109 Thank you for sharing. Bags will change.
I would say the water engineering all coming together is indeed a good achievement! You should be proud that you have worked with nature so effectively. Your land is obviously very happy! The farm looks so lush and verdant. It's lovely!
@@DustinHarms Thanks for the sharing of kind words
Well done!
@@GavCritchley Thank you
You should put more swales at the lowest parts of your land so it can collect more water. LOVE these videos of full swalles and ponds!
@@sophiareygrace6656 Yes yes. Thank you for sharing
Let me suggest the fatal flaw with the dog food bags was their orientation to the flow. You had them oriented with the long side of the bag perpendicular to the flow. I will suggest restacking the bags with the sort end of the bag perpendicular to the flow. If you make that adjustment, use a level to insure the bags lean into the flow (do not have a downstream pitch), flatten each layer of bags with a tamper and stagger the joints vertically, you will have a good outcome.
No need to restock the entire dam. You can probably accomplish this much before the next rain arrives.
The next step should this arrangement fail is pinning the bags together with vertical rebar driven through the bags and into the creek bottom.
For the record, You have accomplished so much toward slowing, spreading and sinking the water on your farm it is remarkable. As you might guess, my markers are the release on once pruned oaks from the fall of 23. In almost every shoot location I see at least one healthy example of the next generation of oaks over two meters tall.
Just about every where you walked the ground was saturated. CONGRATULATIONS! 👏
@@stevejohnstonbaugh9171 Thank you for sharing my friend
@@SuerteDelMolinoFarm Tape the open end of the bag closed. Position the open end of the bag pointing downstream. This simple adjustment will stop the bags from floating.
If you have some pointy stones (maybe on your driveway?) you can sprinkle them on each layer as you build upward to lock the bags together. The best option is two strands of barbed wire running from end to end. Old rusty barbed wire from a disused fence will work just fine. These methods are used in earthbag wall construction.
For the dog food bag area you want a steep slope where the water stops and a slow slope behind supporting the entrance. So maybe three bags wide, then two, then one at the top, with the point being much closer to the water, but not vertical.
Having the bags stack lengthways in the direction of the water will help too, they can not rotate that way, that way they hold up much more pressure 😁
@@YulkGhuit Good advice. Thanks for sharing
So you are suggesting rotating the bags 90 degrees so the flow hits the short end rather than the long side?
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CONGRATULATIONS on creating YOUR OWN flowing stream that runs the entire length of your land!
@@steverapisura5418 Thanks for the sharing. I'm happy
Is your cistern or well holding water now, all full?
Amazing to see all the green, if I hadn't seen previous videos before, I wouldn't believe you live in a dry area.
Beautiful to see!
@@Gregg-j8f Thank you for sharing. I'm on my way to look at the qanat system.
@@SuerteDelMolinoFarm Please take video! 🙏🙏🙏
Wouldn’t this be the perfect time to hire a professional to pump all the sediment out of the qanat cistern? You have the highest water table to aid the pumping and fill in the new capacity. The increased cistern capacity will guard against future drought.
@jptracy1 Thank you for your response and the video about the status.
I enjoy seeing all the green from the harvest of water.
I will continue to watch and always give you a thumbs up.
I appreciate sharing your journey with you.
congratulations, you have made such good progress.
@@terryscammell4939 thank you
Thank you so much for your detailed description of your water distribution diversions etc. Your swales and canals are doing their jobs! I have been fascinated by these Rain videos. Congratulations! All of your calculations and hard work have proven so successful, with the coming of the water! You may well be very proud! Thanks for explaining it all, I have learned so much by seeing your system in action, in this real-time, evolving set of videos. All Blessings to You. 💜💙💚💫
@@gypsyheartsouls Thank you for sharing kind words. Much appreciated
7:00 The area from your dam to the area were the green growth surrounds the eroded creek bed is the area I suggest you fill with bundles of compacted cistus. If you supply twine to the women doing the work, I suspect they would oblige because it makes carrying the herra easier. Pack it into the erosion gully as tight as you can with the bundles oriented in the same direction as water flow. The aim is to get as much water out of the creek channel as possible and stop the scour pool immediately below the dam from getting bigger. If you insert two one of your larger diameter pipes (two pipes screwed together into one long length) through the bag dam and headed westerly, you will be eliminating another large amount of rain from the creek depositing it on the land so it can sheet flow downhill through the grass.
Between this test diversion and the canal leaving the western culvert distribution box, I believe you may successfully tame the creek. I hope you think it is worth a try. Suggestions on how to modify the dam simply so the bags do not slide in another part of the comments.
@@stevejohnstonbaugh9171 Please write this to me with drawings on a piece of paper Steve. Take pics with your camera and email it to me. I'm not that visual. I value and appreciate your suggestions.
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Absolutely fantastic. Now you just need to record how long that water last, and when things start to go brown compared to your neighbours.
Two points of consideration. The rain wont always be this polite, so looking out for potential trouble spots now might be worth your while. Too much water was an issue before.
If the water is clear, then it has dropped silt in the system, which is great. Once it clears out, you'll have to see if any points need dredged, or next time they wont work so well. Gulleys you want to backfill with sediment, but canals and swales not so much.
@@Argrouk Good sharing of value filled comments. Much appreciated
Maybe you could dig chanels higher up and put branches and stumps in to hold more water, like a big sponge.
@@terry269 Sponges we need. Much appreciated comment
I always knew that swales checked erosion, but it looks like in your case, they are also capturing soil/nutrients washed off the land above you. Amazing the change in clarity in the water from the top to the bottom of your land. Question for you, please. What are the plants you have placed in the part of the old erosion gully where the water goes underground? It is even amazing the decrease in turbidity between where the water goes underground and re-emerges.
@@ruadhan6707 The plants are vetiver and sorghum and then I distributed 5kg of birdseed. Thank you for asking.
@@ruadhan6707 I've planted vetiver, sorghum and 5kg of birdfeed mix. Keep asking.
Cross stack the sand bags, and put 12" of rebar through them to hold in place.
Better bet is to use concrete bags, 12" rebar to secure together and be done with it.
@@arobidy Good one. Thanks for sharing
Great update
@@Vitalii-z1d Thank you
Worth a try with the sand bags but that volume of water requires more mass and rebar for a long term solution. It’s getting to the level of small damn construction 😜
@@andrew30m You are very right. Thanks for sharing
My suggestion is rotate the bags 90 degrees and pin them with rebar into the creekbed.
I see some potential spaces that you could put more ponds at which is at the highest flat parts of your land. Since you cant put swales there maybe putting some small ponds would be better
@@sophiareygrace6656 Let me look with fresh eyes. Thank you for sharing
On the plane in Spain❓
"The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain" from the musical My Fair Lady, if memory serves.
Amazingly, the dog bags never expected
The berms next to the volleyball field maby bring it to the outer border of the higher ground you get more survis to collect just a thought 😊
And you ever think a bout pumpin water up ?
@@pascalkuipers8099 Pumping will happen. Watch this space. Thank you for sharing
@@SuerteDelMolinoFarm Still teasing! 😆 We are watching - sometimes patiently 🤣
When you restack the sandbags, stack them with the curve of the half moon facing upstream to prevent the water from moving them again.
@@jenniferpolk962 Good one. Let me get my curves right. Thanks for sharing
Looks nice.
Apart from the leaky weir maybe :)
@@tricks-and-tips Leaky weir from plastic bags are floating on top of each other. Bad choice on my side. Thank you for sharing
@@SuerteDelMolinoFarm Yeah, I already wondered what the mastermind was thinking 😄.
Also because plastic will disintegrate over time (you don't want that in your water).
Did you consider stones?
@@tricks-and-tipsWas ment to be temporary, to be replace soon.
@tricks-and-tips It's an experiment and it will change. I have to have some flaw somewhere. Ha ha. Thank you for sharing
@@SuerteDelMolinoFarm 👍Keeps you humble 💚
Growth will be crazy if the temps warm up slightly
@@stijnt2377 I look forward to that. Thank you for sharing
If you put strips of barbed wire between the layers of sandbags they will probably not move.
@@MrKjetil1965 Super suggestion. Excellent. Simple. Yes
2.99 Subscribers! Water videos are a BIG draw 😉
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@@stevejohnstonbaugh9171 Let the 3K happen
@@stevejohnstonbaugh9171 3001 Steve
@@SuerteDelMolinoFarm 👏👏👏 Flowing water gets them every time!
@@stevejohnstonbaugh9171 Watch me making big drama video in the dry and hot summer!
@@SuerteDelMolinoFarm Bring out the big guns! Battling water cannons on the highest farm elevation?
You should be proud, everything looks great. Congrats. Its seems you have a perfect place for a big pound just below your distribution pond, where you already have a mini pond, for the midle swale. You can consider to take down a few trees, even big ones, to build a big pond, without having to be constrain by existing vegetation. The benefits of a big pond will largely surpress the ones of a few trees.
@@srantoniomatos Thanks for the sharing. Let's see how all unfolds