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PermaculturePublished on March 8, 20265 min readby Agrícola Santo Cristo team
Permaculture: water harvesting on small farms
Simple landscape design strategies to retain, infiltrate and store water, even in regions with irregular rainfall.
Water is the most strategic resource of a rural property. Permaculture offers techniques to capture and infiltrate rainwater where it falls.
- Keyline design to distribute water across the land.
- Swales for infiltration and planting.
- Cisterns to harvest roof rainwater.
- Mulch and contour planting to reduce erosion.
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