Gardening – Page 7 – School of Permaculture

School of Permaculture’s Design Services

By nicholas
February 4, 2015
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Consultation and Design Services ~Make sure to check out our portfolio of permaculture work too! A permaculture project/site starts with a consultation and a blueprint design. Depending on what you have visioned and what the landscape allows we will create a unique site design that compliments both. A strategy for land development will be introduced as […]

What Should I Charge as a Permaculture Design Consultant?

By nicholas
February 3, 2015
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(5 acre sustainable/regenerative farm design for family of 7) Written by Nicholas Burtner Published by PermacultureNews.org Over the last few years I have spent a good amount of time working on a variety of different permaculture designs and consultations in different parts of the US and abroad. Even though some techniques and strategies are similar, […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Fermentation & Glass Air Lock Bubbler

By nicholas
January 27, 2015
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Nicholas Burtner is at the home of Nicole Rice who is the founder of the Natural Food Source food co-op in North Texas and the creator of the high quality Glass Fermentation Air Lock Bubbler. They go over nutrition and how this often over looked component is so important in permaculture. ~We greatly appreciate your shares […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Suburban Farming at Earth Dance Farms

By nicholas
January 22, 2015
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Nicholas Burtner and Steven Kelley are in the heart of Ferguson Missouri just days after the protesting and riots at

Permaculture Tip of the Day – The Apiaceae / Umbel Family

By nicholas
January 15, 2015
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The Apiaceae’s (often referred to as Umbels or the Umbel family) are a family of plants that have very intrinsic and pervasive characteristics to their name. The latin Apiaceae refers to their well-known trait as apiary plants. This means that they provide a sustained and important nectar source for bees and other pollinating insects. For […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Suburban Chicken System

By nicholas
January 6, 2015
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Nicholas Burtner visits Andrew Millison’s homestead in Corvallis, OR, USA and encounters a very well thought out and space maximizing

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Living Roofs

By nicholas
December 8, 2014
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Nicholas Burtner is in downtown Portland, Oregon at the Hawthorne Hostel where they have installed a magnificent living roof where

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Plant Families

By nicholas
December 3, 2014
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When designing a landscape and/or planting systems, we are often focused on what plant combinations, or ‘polycultures’, will function together as cohesive units. To understand what plants will function together, it can be overwhelming to look at specific plant species as there are thousands upon thousands! To make things easier, we can scale back and […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Growing a Forest From a Forest

By nicholas
November 29, 2014
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Nicholas Burtner is in a small patch of whats left of an old growth forest in the Pacific Northwest of

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Deep Bedding Chicken System

By nicholas
November 15, 2014
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Nicholas Burtner takes a group of permaculture design course students on a field trip to Atitlan Organics in Tzununa, Lake

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