permaculture

["John D'hondt" <dhondt@eircom.net>]

Not that simple Neil. That is how we ended up with a root cellar. We dug a 
little pond for our geese and in a dry period it dried out. So we dug it out 
a bit deeper and it again dried out. We kept on digging and eventually it 
got wet again and it filled up 5 meters deep with water. Geese and ducks 
liked it and their droppings in the water made it more or less water tight. 
Then we thought we needed a dry cellar more than a very deep pond. We put in 
a drain pipe and put a concrete roof over it. It now grows goose berries on 
top.
Most ponds here need plastic pond liner to keep water.
John in Ireland


> just a thought...too much water could be a solution if you decide to use
> that area for pond and aquaculture systems rather than land farming???>
> other options...address the drainage up hill of the situation through
> storages, diversions, etc.
>
> cheers
> neil