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Experimental Mini Hand Dug Swale
Eric-ETH
September 18, 2014
Early this year I started building an experimental mini hand dug swale. Any East Texas gardener will tell you that you can’t make it through the summer without irrigation so I set out to put that statement to the test.
Here’s a video series on my experimental mini hand dug swale.
The video above shows the comfrey plants and root cuttings coming up after being in the ground for about two weeks. If you’re thinking to yourself, what is comfrey, click this link and learn all about comfrey and it’s amazing benefits.
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