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[permaculture] Wood Chips Over Flood Irrigation Channels

From: Chris Carnevale <c.s.carnevale@gmail.com>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [permaculture] Wood Chips Over Flood Irrigation Channels
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 11:46:45 -0500

Hey all,

Have you experimented with filling irrigation channels with wood chips so they can act as paths too? Does water still move much underneath the chips or is it all blocked? I'm considering using this on a backyard scale. Soil is sand/clay. Thoughts welcome.

Thanks,

Chris Carnevale
Charleston, SC

[permaculture] Wood Chips Over Flood Irrigation Channels, Chris Carnevale, 01/10/2014
- Re: [permaculture] Wood Chips Over Flood Irrigation Channels, Jay Woods, 01/10/2014
  - Re: [permaculture] Wood Chips Over Flood Irrigation Channels, Toby Hemenway, 01/10/2014
- Re: [permaculture] Wood Chips Over Flood Irrigation Channels, Kevin Topek, 01/10/2014
- Re: [permaculture] Wood Chips Over Flood Irrigation Channels, David Muhl, 01/10/2014
  - Re: [permaculture] Wood Chips Over Flood Irrigation Channels, Chris Carnevale, 01/10/2014
    - Re: [permaculture] Wood Chips Over Flood Irrigation Channels, Heenandoherty, 01/10/2014
- Re: [permaculture] Wood Chips Over Flood Irrigation Channels, John D'hondt, 01/12/2014
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- Re: [permaculture] Wood Chips Over Flood Irrigation Channels, Jason Gerhardt, 01/10/2014