Gardening – Page 4 – School of Permaculture

Our Suburban Half Dome Geodesic Greenhouse

By nicholas
September 7, 2016
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The totally cool, and awesomely functioning suburban half dome geodesic greenhouse is doing well after it’s initial installation earlier this year. Take a quick look at what we got going on here with more videos and updates on it to come. Want one of these for yourself? Contact us to purchase plans or to hire […]

Making Homemade Mayonnaise

By nicholas
August 31, 2016
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In this tip join Nicole Rice of Real Food Real Simple and learn how easy it is to make home made mayonnaise from regular homesteading products you probably already have in your home. This stuff is truly so much better than store bought mayonnaise (even if you do not like mayonnaise). Find the recipe and […]

Reuse and Recycle Materials For Starting Seeds

By nicholas
August 16, 2016
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No matter what you call this: mini self watering seed starter, mini self watering wicking bed, mini greenhouse, or toilet paper rolls on steroids – Dig this uber easy and readily available way to make a seedling pot for growing your favorite veggies. Also included as a bonus in this tip is a really ridiculous […]

My Garden Got Me Sent To Court

By nicholas
August 4, 2016
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Some months ago we got a citation for “open storage” and went to court for the second time about it yesterday. Well it all worked out and the city official who gave the citation who works in the property standards department agreed to do a live Q&A video next week. How cool is that!?! We […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – First Flush System Version 3

By nicholas
July 15, 2016
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Nicholas Burtner has started testing out live video and chose to make the first tip from live video while it was raining in the middle of summer to explain version three of the School of Permaculture Suburban Site. Hope you guys enjoy! ~We greatly appreciate your shares and likes. Please share if you found something […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – High End Code Compliant Composting Toilet

By nicholas
June 13, 2016
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Nicholas Burtner visits Guner Tautrim and the two have a bit of a silliness showing off a real high end code compliant composting toilet for those who wish to still have the look and feel of a flush toilet but with code compliance (where applicable) and responsible use. Find more toilets like these at http://www.sun-mar.com […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Dehydrating Food with Hot Water

By nicholas
May 24, 2016
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Nicholas Burtner is in Victoria, British Columbia at the Ann and Gord Baird homestead, where it is truly awesome, and Gord shows off a very unique designed feature for dehydrating food using the “wasted” heat from the solar hot water heater. #Awesome Find out more and contact Gord at http://www.eco-sense.ca ~We greatly appreciate your shares […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Close Proximity Duck System

By nicholas
May 12, 2016
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Nicholas Burtner visits Jack Spirko, owner of The Survival Podcast, at his Nine Mile Farm where just a few years ago was a rocky barren dried up landscape. Jack integrated a paddock shifting system and in just a short amount of time – everything has greened up. It is simple and anyone can do it. […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Permaculture Suburban Planning

By nicholas
May 6, 2016
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Get inspired with some footage of Davis California’s Village Homes. Nicholas Burtner visits and see how these strategies and techniques combined with appropriate technology over the last 50 years can make amazing future suburban sites! ~We greatly appreciate your shares and likes. Please share if you found something useful. What next? (click below) Take a […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Greenhouse/Biogas Digester/Root Cellar/Living Roof

By nicholas
April 25, 2016
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Check out this multi-functional building that Sandy McPherson and Alan Philip put together. This building, made from the clay excavated from a water storage project on the same site, is a solar greenhouse with a thick wall between the sun side and shade side to provide a cold storage root cellar. Along with the solar […]

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