Keyline Design with at Darren Doherty at the Beach
Regrarians co-founder Darren Doherty builds a scale model watershed to explain how water cycles through the landscape in a sequence of natural patterns.
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The Keyline Plan, by P.A. Yeoman
A seminal text by Keyline developer P.A. Yeoman. Free online version.
Keyline Plannning – Rural Bank of New South Wales
A classic short film that traces keyline design back to its roots on P.A. Yeoman’s farm. Since this time, many technological advances like poly-irrigation tube and moveable electric fencing have revolutionaized regenerative farming, however, the keyline patterns remain the same.
Keyline Design Mark IV
A concise article providing a good introduction to keyline design, written by Abe Collins and Darren Doherty.
Keyline Plowing: What is it? Does it work?
This article is a critique of keyline subsoil plowing for the purpose of soil building (exclusively) written by agronomist Rachel Gilker. The comments are particularily interesting, and there is debate about how the study was conducted. In these studies, soil moisture content was not evaluated, something we hypothesize could improve following keyline pattern subsoiling on sloped landscapes. One thing is clear, keyline subsoiling must be coupled with other soil building practices to be most effective.
Keyline Design as an Organizing Pattern for Permaculture Design
This is a great article by Richard Perkins of Ridgedale Permaculture. Ridgedale PERMACULTURE is designed as a pasture and perennial crop based beyond-organic local food producer and dedicated educational hub in Värmland, Sweden.