permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <london@metalab.unc.edu>]

On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Claude Genest wrote:

> What are some ways you've found to deal with overflow?
> 
> Do you divert it to your gardens?  to a subsidiary holding area?

To small catchments (ditches where rich silt may accumulate) near or
beside your gardens, to very small ponds or pools with aquaculture
systems, to a wetland area or to s succession of smaller ponds
(see Mollison's Designer's Manual for details on this).
 
> I'm especially interested with working ducks into the mix.

See my post descibing using lespedeza for this (and many other plants, of
course). I call this type of planting as catchment and erosion control, 
constructed drylands (nutrient-rich runoff or greywater) remediation.