Permaculture swale - manure, peat moss, leaf litter and mulched wood

Again sorry for the sound quality. The wind is really howling while I was doing this work. This video shows what the swale looks like now with the manure, peat moss, leaf litter, and some finely mulched wood all turned into the bed and watered down to try and keep it from blowing away. The wind is just crazy and all the materials going into this swale are very dry and powdery so stuff was blowing all over the place.

This swale was dug on the side of a hill to capture the rainwater that naturally flows down the hill. We are in a high plains desert and the soil has almost no organic biomass in it and is hard as a rock. The pick axe just bounces off this soil it is so hard so there is a sense of accomplishment in each of these hand dug swales we are working on.

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[stormus24]

I've found that pre-soaking peat moss before using makes it so much better. It doesn't blow around or suck up all the moisture. I like what you're doing on your land. Thanks for sharing.