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If you have enough stone laying around, I would kindly suggest you to look into dry-stone walling. Here in Mallorca it is very common for creeks and seasonal rivers to have dry stone walls on each side to avoid erosion and a rather firm but loosely laid mix of large and small rocks on the riverbed to slow down the water. You can also create Gabion style walls with dry stone structure instead of the iron gabions. It is more work at first sight, but lasts centuries if done right.

I have always disliked when they give rain predictions in inches when we live in a metric system. It’s like they are not making up their minds. 😆 We have started to see rain here in Mediterranean. It seems that actually we might have a very wet winter.

Just rewatched!!!!

That's the spirit Martin. Good job finding a silver lining :) In this shot I can see your carpenter used many short boards, failing to arrange them in a way to 'break' the joints. If the butt ends had been staggered across the deck, it would have been a much better job. WHat he did was sloppy. I'm sorry you have to deal with this rework.

The beam can be bent back, but it will be a lot of work and time. A pole clamp and some humidity (when you hopefully get some rain) add increasing pressure and moisture. Big problem it is not set back enough for run off. Of course you probably know that by the time. Yes, bad carpentry work. 🤠

This road and this culvert act as a dam, so they limit the most violent rainfall events by reducing (slowing) the flow of these events and capturing some of the sediment. This reservoir on the other side of the road acts as a sediment trap. If instead of this narrow culvert you had a wide box culvert during heavy rainfall you would have, certainly less pressure at the outlet of the culvert but much more flow and sediment carried by the floods, the peakof the flood would not be smoothed. Would the situation be better in your opinion? I am not sure.

Seeing different angles leads to a better idea of what water is being asked to do. Hopefully timing will work out and you will get the right amount of rain so the water can be put to work.

The state should have maintained the culvert,,,,,, sorry Sir but they are on siesta. In my old country, neighbours are now co operating like they never used to,,,, and complete watersheds of many many kilometers are getting leaky weir treatment. Is this the start of something very remarkable happening in spain?

Good essay Martin. An observation; on contour swale and berm construction is an active form of 'terracing' that can be accomplished by relocating a much smaller amount of earth. All the benefits of terracing and far less disruption to the terrain. 👍 I would like to suggest that the opening to your emergency spillway must be at least on half block taller than the 3 other slice gates. I imagine all 3 sluice gates will be the same elevation. Here is my thinking; the pool must rise to the level of the sluice gates for water to enter the canals. All 3 should be fed when the pool rises to that level. The emergency spillway must be higher so that the pool can rise above the sluice gates. But if the pool level rises too high, it will flow out the emergency spillway. I hope that makes sense. I did check out the current GOOGLE earth map for your farm. Your southerly neighbor has built a huge and very deep pond higher up the mountain. I'm wondering how that will affect the amount of water that comes to you.

An interesting place for a sand dam on the neighbors property. Their water security could be valuable

Thanks for the different perspectives. It was interesting to see.

That's a shame. Especially for framing that is going to be fully visible. No excuse. If you find the "tilt" to be visually disturbing, you can partially conceal it by adding a fascia board. Just make certain your roof tiles hang over the edge of the fascia considerably. You don't want water migrating behind the fascia board.

Looks like a few things. And from yesterdays video i notice,,,, 1) poor work yes but more,,,, 2) looks like non cured timber has been used, its dried over a summer or 2 and shrunk, showing gaps in the long joins between boards. 3) i thought the timber should be 90 degrees rotated on a job like that,,,,, everything flowing down, not across.

Seems like the most effective work you can do for your land is to ask your neighbour if you can build a number of rock dams on their property 😁

Interesting discovery. I hope you can find a way to wrap your membrane up onto the fascia board so wind driven rain does not find the joint between the fascia and the roof sheathing. I also noticed that all of the short piece of sheathing board line up on one rafter. Not cool with a heavy roof load like clay tiles. The joints should be staggered across the entire roof. Lining up the joints on one rafter puts extra load on that rafter and it sags. I suspect you can see that with the naked eye. Best of luck with your repair!

It's been an all day rain in Chicago, looking forward to seeing you got some!

Interesting to see where the water comes from, you should get some good nutrients from your neighbours cattle pasture. Did you dig all the silt out of the culvert after last year's rains, I seem to remember it got quite clogged up.

Maybe your neighbor has a lot of animals there, and causing some problems. But the lack of animals on the land is the biggest disgrace that happen in the last 50 years to the countryside, and is the major cause for the big fires that cause huge devastation. Too much brush, no renovation on the pastures...

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Nice tour.

What a jerk that carpenter is! Definitely tell the neighborhood what he said.

Yes, we all wait for the rain. It is nice to have a roof that does what it's designed for. Thanks for the walk around.

Thanks for the video. I think the fowl might be getting the "family feelings" in the spring, so you might begin to see them laying and roosting early next year. At least that would be my best guess. The roof is not leaking when it's not raining......I would go so far as to say, that is the case with most things. That carpenter sounds like a bit of an "insert alternate word for donkey here" (hey, we have to keep YT happy, right? 🙂 ) Take care.

...well, Nature DID intend for Prickly Pears to get eaten... :(

As much as we're all hoping for some significant rainfall, I do hope it doesn't arrive until AFTER you've completed the construction.

No necesito ninguna suscripción a canales para ver series... Solo esperar a que llegue el otoño y empiecen las lluvias en suerte del molino. Gran trabajo!. 🎉

Very nice to see your ducks and geese! 👍 They look happy. Putting a membrane on top of your roof deck and below the clay tile should do the job. The slope of the roof is too flat for clay tile. I hope buying and laying the membrane goes smoothly. If it is available, add "drip edge" to the sides and low end of the roof to protect your membrane. It should not be very expensive, it will keep the end grain of the deck boards dry and it will look good from the ground. Have a good Sunday Martin 😊

In the spring the land plot looked much more attractive, but don't despair, I think the weather will improve soon and you will get the fruits of your efforts, but in Spain everywhere except the north we need to build dams and levees to retain water and grow multi-tiered productive forests.

precipitation passed along the eastern coast of Spain and 30 km sometimes have a huge significance even 10 km. On my site fell about 5 mm and in 10 km 50 mm and in 30 km 150 mm of precipitation. Yes, Spain attracts with the price of land plots for everything that is not the north of Spain - this is a difficult situation with water.

Oh, drama you do create. But ever so often, it becomes a Reality TV. Especially when your porch roof is leaking 😂

S i r, spanish living 101, never hire a spanish tradesman, they are full of bullshit from start to finish. Sorry to say. My friends hired german tradesman, fly them in, gave them a semi holiday, had goods there before they came, (slso from a germanic country) and hey presto a finished house in a short time,,, sounds extreme but thats what he had to do,,, saved himself a fortune. My wealthy friend did the same in his Ireland house, he fly germans in. Whilst the spanish lied and say they can turn dog poop into strawberries,, with consistent failures, the Irish tradesman were lost to the pub as early as 11 oclock most days...... Make friends with your own drill and spirit level.

from Canada.........Hi. there used to be a saying when I was a lot younger. 'I'm waiting with baited breath'. and that's the way I am waiting.........I hope everthing is ready for the monsoons.

"Hey man, it doesn't leak when its not raining." 😂😂😂

i hope you got some rain today <3 i watch the rain radar the full day, you got kinda unlucky but still a good start for the season, keep it up from germany and gl

The next week come the first atlantic rains. Today here heavy storms, around 20 mm and 45 mm in september. Wait and finish your proyects

Out here on the highveld of south Africa we have been having summer weather with highs of 32 degrees Celsius and the temperature suddenly plummeted to 5 degrees Celsius yesterday and it's 4 degrees Celsius tonight with much of the country covered in snow with roads closed and severe weather conditions all round. Next week sometime our local weather will go back up to 30 degrees. Unfortunately we didn't get any rain or snow just bitterly cold weather with a lot of wind and dust

Looking great. It’s certainly ready for some rain. I hope you get some soon.

Watching the forecast and the videos. Expected rain on your farm yesterday. Can't wait for the results of the first storm

It's nice to see that plants are coming up.

Wow, what a huge change from the original design. Bravo!

I truly hope it's finished BEFORE the first significant rain event!

Thanks for the update. You are almost to the finish line.

Looks very useful and simple, I love it. Also love how the dogs inspect it 🐕

Dear Martin. Greetings from Wellington, New Zealand. I thought I would share with you our recent weather patterns FYI - after a dryish summer and winter spring has brought lots of rain - we got 43 mm in one day on Monday - that makes five days of above 20 mm in one day for this month. Pretty much expect the unexpected!

4:14 Again, NOT overkill...

Wonderful update. SO exciting to see the actual perimeter of the half moon distribution and settling pool in place. I'm guessing there is one more course of block to define the sluice gates? Maybe just 1/2 block - several blocks wide for the emergency overflow? All of the work you have done is grand. I imagine the pool will collect sediment washed off the mountain like a 'decantador'. It won't be long before the bottom of the pool starts to fill with sand - creating one more large and quite effective water saver and infiltration structure on the farm. We are all so excited to see this distribution pool at work! So I had to check Accuweather - possible showers on Thursday 9/19 and again on 9/25 & 26. Then we are into October... Nice to see the vetiver growing and spreading with vigor. You will likely be able to take many divisions early next spring 👍 At 4:11 I think I see paulownia trees off in the distance. If so, they grew very well through the summer and look quite vigorous. A great specimen for growing shade quickly. You have the opportunity to do some meaningful chop and drop with the lowest branches this fall. More organic matter for the soil! 😉

There’s a chance of 1mm rain in your area in the next 24 hours. I am praying that it happens. The land has been thirsty for too long.

The slope is realy steep on the fence side. If you have enough stones cover everything with 1 or 2 layers. I think i'm starting to get your idea. I can envision a universe where it will work

That's it. I'm tired of waiting for you to get rain. I want to see the results of your efforts. I'm drawing a rain turtle for you.

Uau mega projects. Your are gonna be rewarded.