To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Pond construction ideas needed (for FranksFarm)
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 11:36:56 +0200
>Ponds occur everywhere on this planet where water is found in liquid form at
>some time of the year. The difference between most contemporary designs and
>naturally occurring ponds seems to have something to do with desire: natural
>ponds dry up, usually rather quickly, and too often our implementations push
>the 'wetness' envelope beyond the tolerance of various guild members
>(microbial in particular).
yep, i have read that quite often people drown in the desert.... (no,
seriously, they camp in a wadi and during the night a flood comes, caused
by rains dozends of miles upstream...)... but i am living in a climate
where there is more precipitation than evaporation, so there are lots of
ponds that never dry out.
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georg
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Re: Pond construction ideas needed (for FranksFarm)
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