Swale Pictures
SWALES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We had camera issues yesterday so here are some pictures of the swales with water in them.
These are pictures of the south swale. It gets the most direct run-off from the hardscapes of the compacted driveway and roof water.
This photo above has a spillway at the very far end. We did have some issues with the slope of the land in the middle of the south swale. It seemed like we ran out of enough soil to make the downslope side high enough. The land was steeper here. Then when we had him take the peak off the mound we think he may have taken a little too much off. This was our mistake. We did this so we could plant on the top of the mound. Now we have to see if the spillway will spill first before the water reaches the top of this portion of the swale. It will be close. The machine operator had a laser level the whole way. But it still varies a few inches here and there and the slope of the land was an issue as well. But overall we are very happy. :)
This picture below is of the smaller swale which is on the north. Closest to the camera in this photo is the spillway. The water reaches a set height and then slowly spills over the side and down the hill. By the time he did the north swale our machine operator had a real feel for the work. For those of you wondering, the total cost for this work was $1200, which we think was a great deal. Altogether we had 350 feet of swale dug and he moved some other soil to fill in a place that was eroding badly and leveled out an area for a future food forest.
We had camera issues yesterday so here are some pictures of the swales with water in them.
These are pictures of the south swale. It gets the most direct run-off from the hardscapes of the compacted driveway and roof water.
This photo above has a spillway at the very far end. We did have some issues with the slope of the land in the middle of the south swale. It seemed like we ran out of enough soil to make the downslope side high enough. The land was steeper here. Then when we had him take the peak off the mound we think he may have taken a little too much off. This was our mistake. We did this so we could plant on the top of the mound. Now we have to see if the spillway will spill first before the water reaches the top of this portion of the swale. It will be close. The machine operator had a laser level the whole way. But it still varies a few inches here and there and the slope of the land was an issue as well. But overall we are very happy. :)
This picture below is of the smaller swale which is on the north. Closest to the camera in this photo is the spillway. The water reaches a set height and then slowly spills over the side and down the hill. By the time he did the north swale our machine operator had a real feel for the work. For those of you wondering, the total cost for this work was $1200, which we think was a great deal. Altogether we had 350 feet of swale dug and he moved some other soil to fill in a place that was eroding badly and leveled out an area for a future food forest.
Comments
Post a Comment