Permaculture Tips
Winter is a good time to observe where rainwater lands and sits in and on your landscape, and any opportunities to allow it to filter in, where it can recharge the soil water table and provide deep watering to your trees. Rather than let your rainwater be directed by gutters and downpipes away into gutters, waterways and the ocean, think about how you might help it make its way gently into the soil as it once naturally did, before we built cities and towns full of impermeable surfaces such as concrete. There are many interesting approaches to getting more water into
