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Organic and biodynamic orchard management and arborist services

Organic vegetable garden design, installation, and maintenance

Weekly harvest of fresh produce for the client

Organic Certification transition planning

Swale design and installation with Mark Shepard and Guner Tautrim November 2015 at Orella Ranch on the Gaviota Coast

Swale installation to divert road runoff into agroforestry and sylvopasture systems

“Marking” out the swales with Mark Shepard and Mark Tautrim on the bulldozer… The swales are equidistant to allow for harvesting equipment and fencing.

REX1 Workshop with The Regrarians® at Orella Ranch, March 2016, in the field from the previous photos, having been cover cropped and rain fed.

Zone One Design for Main house including rain gardens to catch roof runoff.

Zone One Design for Guesthouse with rain gardens and fruit trees.

Design for Zone 2 area, vegetable garden, chicken coop, and fruit orchard with rainwater harvesting swales.

Main house, before.

Main house after installing and planting rain garden from roof runoff.

More rain gardens planted with fruit trees.

Rain gardens to catch surface runoff from driveways and roofs.

Yours truly with a truly large cabbage from the client’s garden.

Box of produce for client from their garden.

Workshop on Earthworks Design and Installation at Casitas Valley Farm with Warren Brush

Swales dug during the workshop filling up with rainwater to recharge aquifers depleted from irrigation

Same swale planted with cover crop and (very) young fruit trees

Growing summer squash for pig feed under stumped avocados. No extra irrigation needed!

Apple tree pruning, after

Tools of the trade. SB Organics offers Certified Arborist tree pruning and other services.

Placing bees in the organic apple orchard

Landscape plan including rainwater (blue line) and grey water (purple line) systems.

Vegetable beds (on left) and rain gardens planted with fruit trees. Rainwater is channeled from the roof into basins that infiltrate water to passively irrigate fruit trees.

Detail showing low-pressure pop-up and rock lined basin that catches rainwater from roof gutters.

Dry creek bed with native plants that functions to catch and channel rainwater from roof gutters.

Front yard, before. Dead lawn.

Front yard, after. We re-directed the downspouts to catch water in rain garden basins to irrigate fruit trees and shrubs.

Back yard, before. More dead lawn.

Back yard, after. The rock-lined channel in the foreground catches the roof runoff. The shed in the background is made from recycled panels.

Detail showing downspout (lower right) with rock-lined channel to infiltration basin surrounded with fruit trees.

Same rain garden 6 months later with cover crop established.

Detail of entrance pathway with drought tolerant plants and contrasting rocks.

Patio detail. The pavers are recycled scalloped edging laid on the side. We built the fence and gate too!