First post from here

[helen99]

Spent the better part of today using the import function at http://www.dreamwidth.org/misc/import.bml

The entries all imported successfully, as did the tags and the custom access groups.  However, the comments have not initiated after <strike>two</strike> four  hours.  The Info page at http://dw-news.dreamwidth.org/2826.html indicates that the number of people importing has increased to the point that it could take upward of 5 hours, though, so I will wait until tomorrow to look into it more.

Today was rather fun - We are taking it easy out in the woods this weekend.  Our creek, which had very little water all fall and winter, has suddenly begun going strong.  We've been putting little check dams all along the creek to allow the water to sink into the ground and collect more.  The theory is that this will assist in collecting the water into the ground, and encouraging the creek to flow longer during the year.  It is a seasonal creek right now, and we thought it would be great if it flowed year round across our property.  Here' are a couple of articles about check dams:

http://www.dainet.org/livelihoods/checkdams2.htm
http://www.devalt.org/water/checkdams.htm

Comments

[rialian.livejournal.com]

===The check dam idea is an interesting one...I got it from Brad Lancaster's stuff :http://www.harvestingrainwater.com/ . It makes a lot of sense, especially when you realize that most of a water flow like a river of stream is actually underground and slower...and if you slow a bit of the upper water, it extends the time the water is in the system.

[rainbow]

Oooh, nifty links. We've only got swales here, but I aspire to convincing them to be at least 3 season creeks *g*

[rialian.livejournal.com]

===The land we have has some old swales on them....this bit was actually a tomato farm in the 1930's, and while we were walking about and being shown the place, I realized what they were...I was thrilled.

===it will likely take a few years, and a good bit of walking up the various seasonal waterways...but I have a distinct feeling that we can get these running more. There are definitely signs that many years ago they may have been more active. (I think one of the swales may have been getting water from the creek as well)

[rainbow]

Oooh, very nice!