Category: Climatic Factors

Success from Climate, Techniques or Land Management?

For Centuries Western Europe has taken care of it’s farmland better than most places in the world. One of the main reasons for it’s success is it’s climate with it’s gentle rainfall and long growing seasons. Plus much of the farmland being not too hilly. Shrub hedges and/or stone walls such as Cornish hedges were […]
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Permaculture Tip of the Day – Make It Rain!

There are a variety of ways that nature seeds clouds. When we look to deserts and through history of the Native Americans (and many natives of other countries too) community events such as rain dances are often used to make it rain. Known of unbeknownst to them, when having a community full of dancers in […]
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Permaculture Tip of the Day – Light Albedo

There are only a few things in nature that are constants. When designing landscapes and structures such as houses it is very important to design not only to solar aspect, but to light itself. Depending on climate region we may want to design “to absorb the light” or design “to reflect the light”. Both reflection […]
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Permaculture Tip of the Day – Defining Climate Regions

One of the first factors to consider when designing and consulting on properties is what climate are we in. Climates are broken down first into three major categories. Tropics, Temperate, and Arid. Each climate then is usually split between humid or dry, and from there split into sub climates. An easy guide to follow for […]
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