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  • From: Paul Wheaton <paul@richsoil.com>
  • To: Wordgarden <wordgarden@iinet.net.au>, permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] getting water over pond dams without erosion
  • Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 17:07:02 -0700 (PDT)


Sepp Holtz has three amazing videos out about permaculture. His place is in
the Alps of
Austria. 70 ponds. The terraces are about 15 feet wide and dug with a track
hoe. The
ground there is much steeper than mine.

--- Wordgarden <wordgarden@iinet.net.au> wrote:

> Paul,
>
> > plus adding another dozen ponds (plus some swales and some Holtz-style
> terraces).
>
> I can't offer any help on your dam problem, but I am curious to know what
> are "Holtz-style terraces". I haven't heard of them before and a quick
> Google search didn't bring up anything obvious.
>
> --Robert
>
>
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