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Dr Richard Bush: What got us interested is that, we came out to the site and we could see significant changes in the stream in response to what he was doing. We probably had different views about why that was occurring but the gut response was that there is a change and it’s quite dramatic.

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Dr Paul Willis: To be honest Peter, I look at a dam like this and it’s clogged with weed! What are you doing here?

Peter Andrews: Well that’s how the Australian system worked. It accumulated fertility at a high point, because we had a chain of ponds, a stepping system, and this artificially reproduces that process. canada goose coats on sale Every http://www.mycanadagoosejacket.org time it rains of course the fertility that’s been accumulated canada goose clearance sale here is distributed over this whole area, and we’ve got a contour system that allows us to actually distribute it to any piece of the ground from here to the creek that requires it.

Narration: The creeks on the property would alarm your average farmer. They’re also clogged with weeds and not flowing freely.

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Narration: By deliberately placing obstructions in the creeks Peter has slowed the water down so that it collects in ponds.

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If Peter’s theories are right, more water should be moving through the property and it should be moving much more slowly.

Dr Annabelle Keene: We’ve seen some substantial connectivity through the flood plain between the stream water and the shallow alluvial ground water, which has meant that the water level is just about the same.

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Peter Andrews: It’s applicable to the Australian landscape and actually the principles are applicable to the world because it’s about plants, fertility, and water.

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