My name is Sean Spender. I'm a permaculture designer and organic gardener. This blog will keep you up to date as I design and implement a series of gardens for sustainable food production and education at Mdumbi Backpackers in the Transkei, South Africa in association with Transcape NPO and funded in part by Voices for Africa choir. The newest posts can be found up here at the top, and the oldest way down at the bottom.
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Drainage for the Childrens Garden...
After the heavy rains at the start of January we were able to observe how the water moves over the land. Because the soil in the garden has a high clay content the water just pools. So, we dug some swale/diversion ditches and put in some french drains.
