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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jul 9, 2008, at 10:27 PM, tom wrote:

>  Getting things out
> of the head and onto the page does wonders for clarification, and the
> design technique of using overlays for various elements like slope,
> water and other energy flows, problem spots, etc. quickly ruled out
> some initial ideas and presented new, better ones.
>
> http://poplarhill.wikispaces.com/

Well thought-out plan. Sounds like unlimited possibilities. I like all  
the high water sources, am impressed there is that much water up that  
high considering your yearly average of forty inches. Walnuts like a  
lot of water. Your plan to plant them on the contour is right. Raised  
berms on the downhill side will help water them. Put it on your yearly  
calendar to prune them after them start growing good; taking off young  
branches greatly improves log quality.

I presume the "dried well" into which gray water is going is not in  
fact a well that went dry, but a dry well, sometimes called a French  
Drain.

You may wish to start the humanure composting system before the old  
septic fails. An abrupt change might be awkward. Humanure makes great  
fertilizer for all those fruit trees.

How long is your growing season?