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[Chris Carnevale <c.s.carnevale@gmail.com>]

Thanks for the thoughts, everyone. Based on these ideas, I believe I 
will have a small experiment and try to regulate the flow of water to 
minimize wood chip travel. I like the idea of crushed rock, since it 
could have an added benefit of mineralization which is important in the 
soils here, although I believe rock would be very expensive, whereas 
chips are free.

Another thought I'd had is to have perforated pipe running in the 
channels, with wood chips surrounding the pipe to accept a slow flow of 
water, but again, the cost would be too high for me budget.

Chris

On 1/10/14, 3:46 PM, David Muhl wrote:
> Crushed rock makes a more stable and long-lasting walking surface Chris, 
> although to move any appreciable amount of water through and underneath the 
> surface would most likely require using a considerable amount of rock. I say 
> this not knowing anything about the size of your project or other design 
> goals (obviously).  The wood chips will break down rapidly (not to mention 
> the problem with floating), and the speed with which the water would/could 
> move laterally (above and beyond just filling up vertically) is also a 
> consideration with regard to it's possible displacement.
>
>    
> --------------------------------------------
> On Fri, 1/10/14, Chris Carnevale <c.s.carnevale@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   Subject: [permaculture] Wood Chips Over Flood Irrigation Channels
>   To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
>   Date: Friday, January 10, 2014, 8:46 AM
>   
>   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
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