Wicking bed gravel: save water, optimize reservoir layers
How to select gravel for wicking beds, including aggregate sizing, reservoir depth, and materials that prevent clogging while saving irrigation water.
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Swale Design for Rainfall: Arid vs. Humid Climates
Learn how to size swales for different rainfall amounts, from arid Arizona to humid Florida. Optimize your swale design for water harvesting and soil health in any climate.
Find Contour: A-Frame & Laser Levels for Water Retention
Learn to find contour with an A-frame or laser level. Build water harvesting earthworks like swales & wicking beds to reduce irrigation, prevent erosion, and save water. Essential for homesteaders.
Manage waterlogged soil: Ohio Valley drainage & crop resilience
Learn effective strategies for waterlogged soil management in the Ohio River Valley and beyond. Improve drainage, boost crop resilience, and transform challenging sites with earthworks, wicking bed…
Rain Gardens: Capture Runoff, Prevent Flooding & Filter
Discover how rain gardens capture 70-90% of roof runoff, prevent yard flooding, and filter pollutants. Learn to design and build a rain garden for effective stormwater management on your homestead.
Fixing a Green, Murky or Algae-Choked Pond Naturally
Restore your green, murky pond naturally. Discover effective methods like buffer zones, barley straw, and aeration for natural pond algae control and clear water.
Rainwater harvesting: reduce irrigation in USDA Zone 7
Learn to set up an effective rainwater harvesting system for your homestead. Reduce municipal water use, lower bills, and provide plants with natural, chlorine-free water. Essential for resilience.
DIY Self-Watering Containers: Save 50% Water in Urban Gardens
Learn to build DIY self-watering containers like wicking beds & ollas. Cut water use by 30-50% for urban gardens in any USDA zone, promoting sustainable growing.
Olla Irrigation: Reduce Garden Water Use by 50% in Dry US Regions
Discover how olla irrigation can cut garden water consumption by 50-70% in arid US regions like Arizona and California. Learn installation tips for sustainable, efficient watering.
How to Build Swales on Contour: Catch & Store Rainwater
Learn how to build swales on contour to effectively catch and store rainwater in your yard. This guide covers site assessment, slope limits, soil tests, and sizing for a self-watering landscape.
Designing a drip irrigation system
Lay out a drip irrigation system that delivers even water: emitter spacing, pressure and zones, solar-powered options, and rainwater-tank feeds.
Off-grid living: cutting the three cords of power, water, and waste
Off-grid living means producing your own power, water, and waste handling. Here is what each system takes, what it costs, and how to start without overreaching.
Sustainable living: the everyday habits that actually add up
Sustainable living is built from small daily choices in waste, energy, water, and food. Here are the habits with the biggest payoff and how to start them.
Rainwater harvesting: catch the free water on your roof
Every inch of rain on 1,000 square feet of roof yields about 620 gallons. Here is how to size a rainwater system, build it, and check your local law.
Prairie homesteading: wind, drought, and the power of trees
The Great Plains test a homestead with wind, drought, and extremes. Here is what the Dust Bowl taught, why shelterbelts matter, and how to homestead the prairie.
Buying land for homesteading: water, soil, and the perc test
The land is the one homestead decision you cannot undo. Here is how to vet water, soil, zoning, and the perc test before you buy, and how much acreage you need.
Homesteading in Texas: climate, land, the ag exemption, and water
Texas rewards homesteaders with no income tax, legal rainwater, and ag exemptions, but its climates and rules vary widely. Here is what to know before you buy.
The best states for homesteading, and how to judge them
Tennessee, Missouri, Idaho and more top the homesteading lists, but the right state is the one matching your goals. Here is how to weigh land, water, and law.
How to read keyline on a quarter-acre — a Pakistan smallholder primer
Keyline design has a reputation for being something you do with a bulldozer across a thousand acres. It is not. The idea P. A. Yeomans set out in the 1950s is fundamentally about reading how water…
Swale maintenance in year seven (not what year-one taught you)
A swale in year one is an earthwork. A swale in year seven is an ecosystem, and the maintenance it needs is the opposite of what year one taught you. The contour ditch you dug to catch and sink rai…