The outer bands of Tropical Depression 9 (later Tropical Storm Harold) arrived at the Dustups Ranch early. The storm moved up the Rio Grande River Valley and started dumping rain in the Indio Mountains before arriving on my ranch.
In this episode, I'm lucky enough to:
See the dirt bathtubs completely fill up with water
See the check dams in action
Watch the Miyawaki Forest get its first heavy dose of rain just days after planting
Give you a walking tour between the dirt bathtubs and the test gabion
And at the end, I unfortunately held the need to draw my firearm. I was pretty spooked!
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👉 In case you missed the previous episode, here’s a shortcut:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS88urZ5cI0
Why Are "You" Ruining a Natural Ecosystem
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⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:11 The storm is coming
01:50 It's raining
03:05 Watching how the water gets trapped
04:00 Checking the checkdams
06:00 The flooding is here
07:00 Fixing the checkdams
08:50 What about the dirt bathtubs?
10:00 This amount of water is amazing
11:00 Checking out the cottonwood canyon
16:10 Checking out the gabions
19:20 That aint good
21:15 Stay tuned for the next episode
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Finally, he is here! The rain we have all been waiting for has arrived at Dustups Ranch. I'll show you how well our irrigation methods like the dirt bathtubs and check dams are working and how much water can be collected in the Texas desert. Is the water enough to green the desert and bring new life to the Texas wasteland? Let's find out together!
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