V
VonBonfire
Well-known member
That's a cool layout and kinda what I'm working towards but I want to start the work outwards from the main house, and build rock trails (which helps repel deer) to the beds so it's easier getting to and from without putting on boots, lol.
I've watched a lot of the Geoff Lawton permaculture vids which introduced me to the idea. Not sure how many permaculture people are in central Texas. The hill country is karst, which means very rocky, very fast draining soil so I'm not sure how much good building swales and stuff will do me. I have set up a few smaller arrangements using rocks and brush. It does slow down the run off during hard rains, which encourages some leaves, debris, and soil to slowly accumulate, but it doesn't won't retain much extra moisture until it gets really deep, which I would guess will take a decade. We are dealing with 95-100 degree temps here.
My next mission is a couple more larger raised beds and figuring out if I want to put the chickens in the same spot again, or build a smaller coop. Current coop could hold 75 birds but the feed bill....oof.
