KEY LINE DESIGN
KEYLINE DESIGN
PERMACULTURE




KEYLINE DESIGN

WHAT IS KEYLINE DESIGN ?

KEYLINE DESIGN LINKS



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KEYLINE DESIGN




Keyline design was originally developed by P.A. Yeomans in the 1950s
to address dwindling water supplies and soil erosion on Australian
rangeland. He worked out a system of ‘amplified contour ripping’
that maximizes productive use of rainfall and facilitates the uniform
irrigation of land.

Keyline is a comprehensive whole farm water management plan that uses
natural landscape contours and cultivation techniques to harvest
rainwater and build soil fertility. The central idea behind keyline
design from a water perspective is to capture water at the highest
possible elevation and comb it outward toward the ridges using
gravitational forces, reversing the natural concentration of water in
valleys. Maximizing the flow of water to the drier ridges using precise
plow lines falling slightly off-contour slows the movement of water and
spreads it more uniformly, infiltrating it across the broadest possible
area.



Keyline Design
http://agwaterstewards.org/practices/keyline_design/



Keyline design
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyline_design




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WHAT
IS
KEYLINE DESIGN ?




The central idea behind ‘Keyline’ water management is to consciously
slow, sink and spread rainwater by relieving compaction, opening up
pore space in compacted soil and distributing excess water towards
drier parts of the landscape. This has the effect of buffering the
natural concentration of water towards valleys and reducing flooding.

By maximizing the flow of water to drier ridges (using precise plow
lines or mounds that fall slightly off contour), we can infiltrate it
across the broadest possible area. In this respect, keyline strategies
can be both a flood and drought mitigation strategy.

‘Keyline’ water management has the potential to enhance the water
efficiency of any production system.



Applications can include:


pastured livestock & grass farming

agro-forestry & forestry layout

orchard layout

silvo-pasture layout

alley cropping layout

annual vegetable production

ecological restoration

watershed planning & management

urban planning (new developments)



What Is Keyline Design?
http://crkeyline.ca/what-is-keyline-design/



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SECTION 3



KEYLINE DESIGN
KEY LINE DESIGN
LINKS




Agroforestry
http://www.ridgedalepermaculture.com/agroforestry.html

Design-Install
http://www.appleseedpermaculture.com/install/design-install/

Earth Dance Permaculture Orchard Project Factsheet
http://earthdancefarms.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/PermacultureOrchardFactSheet-medium.pdf

Farmscale Permaculture
https://www.versaland.com/farmscale-permaculture/

An Introduction to Keyline
http://tcpermaculture.com/site/2015/05/04/an-introduction-to-keyline/

Keyline Design
http://www.ridgedalepermaculture.com/keyline-design.html

Keyline Design
http://circleranchtx.com/keyline-design/

Keyline Design
https://www.igimv.org/programs/island-grown-farm-hub/orchard-project

Keyline Design
http://www.keyline.com.au/

Keyline Design
http://burlingtonpermaculture.weebly.com/uploads/4/2/8/9/4289790/keylinehandout2011.pdf

Keyline Design
http://www.spiralridgepermaculture.com/events/keyline-design-whole-farm-planning-for-water-abundance-and-soil-fertility/

Keyline Design
http://www.aquinta.org/key-line-soil-biology/

Keyline Design
https://www.pinterest.com/bryanmilne/keyline-design/?lp=true

Keyline Design
https://www.permaculturevoices.com/permaculture-voices-podcast-016-darren-doherty-talks-keyline-design-and-the-importance-of-building-soil/



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Keyline Design with Darren Doherty
https://treeyopermaculture.com/previous-treeyo-courses/courses-attended/carbon-farming-course-the-farm-tennessee-usa/keyline-design-with-darren-daugherty/

Keyline Layout Examples
https://permies.com/t/22452/Keyline-Layout-Examples

Keyline Planning
http://www.permacultureartisans.com/permaculture-design/keyline-planning/

Keyline Planning and Cultivation
https://permaculturenews.org/2013/02/22/before-permaculture-keyline-planning-and-cultivation/

Keyline Plowing: What is it? Does it work?
https://onpasture.com/2013/06/17/keyline-plowing-what-is-it-does-it-work/

Keyline Scale of Permanence
https://richdbpdc.wordpress.com/2014/05/05/orchard-design-analysis-2-keyline-scale-of-permanence/

Keyline Swales
https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/528539706238948693/?lp=true

Water Management For Every Permaculture Farm
https://permacultureapprentice.com/permaculture-water-management/

What Is Keyline Design?
http://crkeyline.ca/what-is-keyline-design/

Working with water via keyline design
http://www.savannainstitute.org/news/working-with-water-via-keyline-design

Yeomans Keyline Systems Explained
http://yeomansplow.com.au/8-yeomans-keyline-systems-explained/



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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

http://www.appropedia.org/




Smart Power 4 All
http://www.smartpower4all.org/




Weird Nature
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The Plant Encyclopedia
http://theplantencyclopedia.org/wiki/Main_Page





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