Water for Any Farm by Mark Shepard


Water for Any Farm
Title : Water for Any Farm
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Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 240
Publication : Published January 1, 2020

Written as a companion to the bestseller, Restoration Agriculture, this book will help farmers capture water in areas they want to, and avoid having water flow immediately to the low point. The result? Less water expense, healthier crops and livestock, and less erosion ... just to name a few.

What you will read in this book is a distillation of over 25 years of on-the-ground experience working with and modifying the Yeomans’ Keyline Plan. From the back yard suburbs to 10,000-acre ranches and everywhere in between, from permafrost mountainsides just shy of the Arctic Circle, to equatorial boulder fields of East Africa, areas with 300 inches of rain per year to those with less than 3 inches, I have personally installed systems based on the Keyline design methodology and its modified forms.

What you will read in this book is tried and true. It is intended to give a sufficient background to any landowner so that they can optimize their water resource for higher site productivity, have greater drought resistance and just as importantly, to know deep in their heart that they have made even one little piece of earth a little more life-filled, livable and green.

Water for Any Farm Reviews

  • Riddhwaj

    Fantastic book for those looking at redesigning the water ways on their farm and land.

    It basically helps you figure out how your water should travel. Whether you wanna build a forest or design a city or well create a swimming pool between the two mountains you just brought - you lucky bastard.

    Quite technical, videos would've helped a lot. But all in all the concepts are solid. And I will never look at "drains" the same way again.

    Thank you.

  • Stephen Bublitz

    Having participated in a weekend workshop with Mark Shepard and followed his work for years, I can say that this guy knows his stuff. With fires burning Australia and California, this book is very much needed. If you know a farmer, give him a copy of this. The methods he discusses could literally turn our world into a paradise.

  • Dustin

    Wonderful book on the importance of water on the farm and how to best harvest it and allow it to do it's magic on the farm. I will definitely reference this book when I acquire some land in the future Lord willing!

  • David N Ford

    So I enjoyed this much better than Restoration Agriculture. There was a great blend of history, philosophy, and practical instruction to make this book move pretty quickly. I found myself going back and rereading (and taking notes) many of the passages.

  • Jess

    A great resource, with many photos and illustrations to provide a greater understanding of how to control and retain rainfall.

  • Will G

    Rip the earth to save it.