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Permaculture Tip of the Day – Order or Chaos

By nicholas
June 4, 2014
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In permaculture we learn that everything in nature has an order. It was hard for me personally to see this before I took a permaculture design course. I would look at a forest and see nothing but chaos. Leaves and branches every which way made it confusing and very difficult to look at and harder […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Urban Food Forestry

By nicholas
June 3, 2014
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Sometimes when we start planning a food forest we can get caught up with getting things very precise. For example when I first was guided into food forestry I was taught that I “needed” to plant one nitrogen fixing tree for every 3 food bearing trees. After having great mentors and a very solid blocks […]

Nicholas Burtner at March Against Monsanto Dallas 2014

By nicholas
June 3, 2014
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Small clip highlighting a portion of Nicholas Burtner’s motivational talk at The March Against Monsanto Dallas 2014.

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Pruning Trees Can Create Soil Life

By nicholas
June 2, 2014
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We can actually benefit the soil by pruning trees. It is not widely known that by pruning a tree at it’s crown or branches that the tree will prune it’s own roots to compensate for the amount of energy no longer needed above the soil. It is important to note that a very healthy soil is […]

Student Testimonials

By nicholas
May 17, 2014
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Students of Nicholas Burtner’s (of Working With Nature Permaculture School) Spring 2014 Permaculture Design Course discuss their experience. Sign up for our next PDC here.

Nicholas Burtner on GMOs and Agriculture

By nicholas
May 8, 2014
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Nicholas Burtner speaks about GMOs and our current agricultural systems. This video gets in depth on the plant and fungal relationships and why designing our way out of our current systems is what our focus should shift to.

Permaculture Tips – Harvesting Resources From Places of Neglect

By nicholas
April 25, 2014
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When in an urban or suburban environment we often times bring in outside material since a growing season has not

Permaculture Tips: Earthworks – How to Build a Swale Using Only a Bulldozer

By nicholas
April 15, 2014
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Sometimes due to time, availability, or financial restrictions a bulldozer is the only machine that can be utilized for earthworks.

Permaculture Tips – Purposely Overflowing Swales

By nicholas
April 7, 2014
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Nicholas Burtner walks us through purposely overflowing swales to add a turbo boost to the start of spring.

Permaculture Tips – Earthworks: How to Build Swale Using 3 Ton Excavator

By nicholas
February 18, 2014
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Nicholas Burtner explains how to dig a swale using a smaller 3 ton excavator for a 5 acre piece of property. It is easy to do and we hope you gain confidence after gaining the knowledge and know how. Working With Nature’s website: http://schoolofpermaculture.com