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Permaculture Tip of the Day – Double The Yield

By nicholas
September 9, 2014
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When thinking about the placement of water loving plant species such as water chestnut and blueberries, it is beneficial to home them near the edge of a water feature such as a pond or grey water system. A whole day is usually given to the study of pattern in a permaculture design course. If we take a 1/4 […]

How to Transition to a Permaculture Lifestyle

By nicholas
September 6, 2014
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Written by Nicholas Burtner, published by Permaculturenews.org My message to Permaculturists: Known or unbeknownst to you — you are an exceptionally valuable and powerful human being. You are armed with the knowledge and information to bring you and the people around you into a place of abundance and harmony. You are powerful, and if you […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – The Need for Case Studies

By nicholas
September 4, 2014
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As I listen to more and more talks on permaculture it becomes clear that case studies are a crucial element to reaching the main stream. Even if it is just logging and documenting a garden on your patio. A case study is not overly involved but is involved. It is about logging events that happen […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – How to Plan and Develop a Permaculture Site

By nicholas
September 2, 2014
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What is often left out in much of permaculture teaching is the “how to install the design”. And not only what that entails, but steps in how to do it. It is most manageable when the design is implemented in stages and each stage should build upon the previous (an the electrical system works better and installs […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Mental Designing

By nicholas
August 30, 2014
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Often times in permaculture we get called in to design projects for places, people, or situations where, not only the landscape, but the parties involved may not be in the best spirits, time in their lives (separation, bankruptcy, divorce) or frame of mind. In those situations, permaculture excels and we can truly be a beacon […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Zone Planning Basics

By nicholas
August 27, 2014
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Permaculture really shines when it comes to the practical placement of elements in a holistic design. Permaculturists are taught a wide variety of methods of design, and utilized often, is zone planning. Zone planning makes the idea of time – and – arrangements of elements in your design make sense for use. Zoning starts from […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day Now Hosted at the School of Permaculture

By nicholas
August 27, 2014
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We did a bit of re-branding over the last week. Working With Nature is now the School of Permaculture. Keep up to date with our tips, courses, and speaking dates: Facebook Twitter YouTube

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Planning a Food Forest Part 1

By nicholas
August 26, 2014
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In permaculture design we utilize a method of design called analysis. When designing a food forest it wise to analyze and think through as much of the succession as possible of your forest (click here to learn the 7 layers of a food forest). A good example of this can be seen by looking to the […]

We are Honored to be a Sponsor for the North American Permaculture Convergence

By nicholas
August 26, 2014
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Working With Nature is honored to announce that we are one of the sponsors for the North American Permaculture Convergence 2014. Along with this we have decided to re-brand to School of Permaculture (more on that later). This is the largest North American Permaculture event to date and look forward to networking with every permaculturist […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Veggie Tractor

By nicholas
August 25, 2014
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When designing a permaculture system we often make liberal use of animal tractors (a permaculture technique of putting animals into cells for a short period of time to feed, and then moving them to another area. This has a multitude of benefits to the land, animals, humans, and ecosystem). When we design a permaculture system with […]