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  • From: Heenandoherty <heenandoherty@gmail.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Wood Chips Over Flood Irrigation Channels
  • Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 09:29:48 +1100

G'day, keep them clean of anything except grazed grass (sheep, goats or geese)

Yours & Growing,
Darren J. Doherty
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> On 11 Jan 2014, at 8:00, Chris Carnevale <c.s.carnevale@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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