POTSDAM -- Peak Moment TV host Janaia Donaldson learns how to shape water and soil at Inspiration Farm with permaculturist Brian Kerkvliet on Oct. 21 and Oct. 22 at 7 p.m.,

Kerkvliet demonstrates how he gently shapes soil to form ponds which overflow into connected swales (ditches on contour). They slow and retain water while distributing nutrients through the whole landscape. On the mound of soft earth dug out from one swale, he planted mostly edible cover crops, berry bushes and 25 fruit tree species in only three days.

He works with nature. “We don’t till [the soil],” he says. “The worms till. The moles till. We find the niche where each element works the best.” Learn more at inspirationfarm.com.

Peak Moment TV programs air every week at 7 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday on WCKN, Time Warner Digital 30. Peak Moment explores locally reliant living for challenging times. The programs are underwritten locally by The Center for Excellence in Communication at Clarkson University and the Seymour Family of Potsdam.

Peak Moment TV programs are available on the internet at www.wordpress.peakmoment.tv/conversations/ in both video and audio format.

More than 80 Peak Moment TV shows are now available on DVDs which can be borrowed from the Potsdam Public Library from the collection of shows purchased for broadcast locally.