How to get started with Permaculture? | RAINWATER MANAGEMENT - Part 1

The first step in designing a permaculture farm is rainwater management. Very often we do not give rainwater too much importance. But a good permaculture design starts with rainwater. Simple tools available online on www.meteoblue.com will give you an estimate of the rainfall on your property. You can then do earthworks to slow down, soak in and store this water. Swales, channels, ponds and pools, or bunds and dams are all ways of slowing down and storing rainwater. Rainwater is slightly acidic as compared to borewell water, and is much better for the plants and our bodies. In fact nature has designed rainwater for our drinking & irrigation purpose. Borewell is something we have just invented, but it is not for us. In this video, the founder of Aanandaa Permaculture Farm, Manisha Lath Gupta, will give you an overview of how to think about rainwater management on your property. With a good water management design, the water needs on your farm will reduce drastically, and the food forest will get irrigated itself throughout the year. Here are some relevant blogs - 1) Water Management at Aanandaa - https://www.aanandaa.com/post/2018/09... 2) Flow of Water 2016 - https://www.aanandaa.com/post/2016/07... 3) Flow of Water 2014 - https://www.aanandaa.com/post/2014/07... 4) Water Management: Shallow Pools - https://www.aanandaa.com/post/2016/11... 5) Water Management: The Working Pond - https://www.aanandaa.com/post/2016/11... 6) Water Management: Digging A Pond - https://www.aanandaa.com/post/2016/11... 7) Grey Water Management: Using Reed Beds - https://www.aanandaa.com/post/2011/09... 8) Water Management: Restoring the Weir - https://www.aanandaa.com/post/2011/08... 9) Water Management: A Gravity Feed - https://www.aanandaa.com/post/2011/07... 10) Water Management: Building Swales - https://www.aanandaa.com/post/2016/11... 11) Water Management: Digging a Reservoir - https://www.aanandaa.com/post/2011/07... 12) Water Management: Building a Channel - https://www.aanandaa.com/post/2011/06... 13) Water Water Everywhere! - https://www.aanandaa.com/post/2011/06... 14) Tubewell and a Water Source - https://www.aanandaa.com/post/2011/04... Thanks for stopping by, stay safe xx contact us at [email protected] Stay tuned at https://www.aanandaa.com/ FB:   / farmaanandaa   IG:   / farmaanandaa