That swale is two feet deep and wide, and thirty five feet long (about .7m X .7m X 11.5m I think).
I did find out it is a couple inches off level, because on the far end, the water was a small bit shallower. It's okay though, it still works as intended :)
They love the swales TOO MUCH. I got four spinach plants and three lettuce plants because everything else I planted on the berms got trampled. All the kale. Broccoli. Cauliflower. Lettuce. All smashed.
But the kids had a good time, and now they leave it alone enough that I'm planting strawberries and borage all over the berms.
The top swale is the only one that big. The other two are a foot and a half by a foot and a half. These numbers aren't counting the berm depth.
That swale is two feet deep and wide, and thirty five feet long (about .7m X .7m X 11.5m I think).
I did find out it is a couple inches off level, because on the far end, the water was a small bit shallower. It's okay though, it still works as intended :)
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Two feet is pretty deep of a swale for a backyard! How do the kids cope with the first world war trench that's the swale to them?
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They love the swales TOO MUCH. I got four spinach plants and three lettuce plants because everything else I planted on the berms got trampled. All the kale. Broccoli. Cauliflower. Lettuce. All smashed.
But the kids had a good time, and now they leave it alone enough that I'm planting strawberries and borage all over the berms.
The top swale is the only one that big. The other two are a foot and a half by a foot and a half. These numbers aren't counting the berm depth.
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